End-of-life care in Spain: Legal framework

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2300-2303

  Cabré, Lluís ^a   Casado, María ^b   Mancebo, Jordi ^c  

^a Hospital de Niños de Barcelona   (Spain)

^b UB   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPAIN; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 62749114870     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1257-7     Document Type: Review

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