Medical futility: A conceptual model

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-75

  Mohindra, Raj K ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33846954786     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.016121     Document Type: Article

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