Institutional ethics policies on medical end-of-life decisions: A literature review

Health Policy

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 131-143

  Lemiengre, Joke ^a   de Casterlé, Bernadette Dierckx ^a   Van Craen, Katleen ^a   Schotsmans, Paul ^a   Gastmans, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethics; Euthanasia; Medical end of life decisions; Organizational policy; Resuscitation Policy; Review

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34547863170     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.02.013     Document Type: Review

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