Gardner; re BWV: Victorian Supreme Court makes landmark Australian ruling on tube feeding

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 442-445

  Ashby, Michael A ^a   Mendelson, Danuta ^b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; AUSTRALIA; DYING; FAMILY COUNSELING; HUMAN; HYDRATION; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT RIGHT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PHYSICIAN; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 7044272856     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06371.x     Document Type: Article

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