Attitudes and behaviors of Japanese physicians concerning withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for end-of-life patients: Results from an Internet survey

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bito, Seiji ^a   Asai, Atsushi ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STROKE; TUBE FEEDING; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; ENTERIC FEEDING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; DECISION MAKING; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; JAPAN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34447117527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-8-7     Document Type: Article

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