End-of-life treatment decisions: The opportunity to care

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 59-60

  Jotkowitz, Alan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING; EMPATHY; ETHICS; FOOD INTAKE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; NOTE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION; STARVATION; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHRISTIANITY; DRINKING; EMPATHY; FEEDING METHODS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; ISLAM; JUDAISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; STARVATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 65249155351     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802716886     Document Type: Article

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