Attitudes toward end-of-life situations other than euthanasia and assisted suicide among Portuguese oncologists

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1271-1277

  Gonçalves, José António Ferraz ^a  

^a PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

End of life decisions; Life terminating acts without explicit request of patient; Symptom control; Treatment withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUTRITION; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 84755160929     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0743-y     Document Type: Article

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