The dying patient act. 2005: Israeli innovative legislation

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 550-552

  Steinberg, Avraham ^a   Sprung, Charles L ^b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Ethics; Euthanasia; Halakha; Legislation; The dying patient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34547603914     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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