Recent thinking about end of life issues

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 605-617

  Hale, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acts; assisted dying; assisted suicide; autonomy; best interests; doctrine of double effect; end of life; euthanasia; Mental Capacity; omissions; PVS; quality of life; right to die; right to life; sanctity of life; self determination; suicide; withdrawing; withholding

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SUICIDE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; VALUE OF LIFE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33751397432     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2006.10.004     Document Type: Review

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