Age and costs - Factors in treatment decisions at the end-of-life? An analysis of informal knowledge structures of doctors and nurses;Alter" und .,Kosten" - Faktoren bei Therapieentscheiden am Lebensende? Eine Analyse Informeller Wissensstrukturen bei Ärzten und Pflegenden 1

Ethik in der Medizin

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-119

  Schleger, Heidi Albisser ^a,b   Reiter Theil, Stella ^a  

^a Universität Basel ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; Costs; Micro allocation; Qualitative research; Treatment limitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547277543     PISSN: 09357335     EISSN: 14371618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00481-006-0466-2     Document Type: Review

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