Decisions at the end of life: An empirical study on the involvement, legal understanding and ethical views of preregistration house officers

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 567-570

  Schildmann, Jan ^a   Doyal, L ^b   Cushing, A ^b   Vollmann, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAVENOUS FEEDING; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; RESUSCITATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TUBE FEEDING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPREHENSION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MENTAL COMPETENCY; RESUSCITATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33749827747     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.013904     Document Type: Article

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