The influence of religious beliefs on health care: Between medical futility and refusal of treatment

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2006, Pages 241-249

  Niebroj L T ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Globalization; Medical ethics; Pluralism; Religion; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33750416406     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: 08675910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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