A qualitative report of dual palliative care/ethics consultations: Intersecting dilemmas and paradigmatic cases

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-213

  Childers, Julie W ^a   Demme, Richard ^a   Greenlaw, Jane ^a   King, Deborah A ^a   Quill, Timothy ^a  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROXY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 55949127393     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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