Moral fictions and medical ethics

Bioethics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 453-460

  Miller, Franklin G ^a   Truog, Robert D ^b   Brock, Dan W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life decisions; Euthanasia; Fictions; Withdrawing life sustaining treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; QUADRIPLEGIA; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; QUADRIPLEGIA; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77957752157     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01738.x     Document Type: Article

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