"Medical futility": The doctor caught between the demands for and the limitations of treatment;"Medical futility": Der arzt im spannungsfeld von behandlungsauftrag und behandlungsbegrenzung

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 31-32, 2004, Pages 1694-1697

  Becker, G ^a   Blum, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DECISION MAKING; GERMANY; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 3943053348     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-829017     Document Type: Article

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