Can curative or life-sustaining treatment be withheld or withdrawn? The opinions and views of Indian palliative-care nurses and physicians

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-18

  Gielen, Joris ^a   Bhatnagar, Sushma ^b   Mishra, Seema ^b   Chaturvedi, Arvind K ^c   Gupta, Harmala ^d   Rajvanshi, Ambika ^d   van den Branden, Stef ^a   Broeckaert, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

^c RAJIV GANDHI CANCER INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d CanSupport   (India)

Author keywords

Attitudes; India; Nurses; Palliative care; Physicians; Refusal of treatment; Withdrawal of treatment; Withholding of treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650725895     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-010-9273-0     Document Type: Article

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