Is the clock ticking for terminally ill patients in Israel? Preliminary comment on a proposal for a bill of rights for the terminally ill

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-357

  Barilan, Y Brian ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DYING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; ISRAEL; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; LEGAL APPROACH; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

DECISION MAKING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JUDAISM; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; VALUE OF LIFE; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 4344573107     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2002.000885     Document Type: Article

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