Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment: Ethical Considerations

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 919-936

  Reynolds, Sharon ^a,b   Cooper, Andrew B ^a,c   McKneally, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

DYING; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TERMINAL CARE; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34548760120     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2007.07.013     Document Type: Review

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