On patient autonomy and physician responsibility in end-of-life care

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 849-853

  Billings, J Andrew ^a   Krakauer, Eric L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPONSIBILITY; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79955780406     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.180     Document Type: Article

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