The courts, futility, and the ends of medicine

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-152

  White, Douglas B ^a,b   Pope, Thaddeus M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c HAMLINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JURISPRUDENCE; JUSTICE; LAW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

EID: 84855667081     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1990     Document Type: Short Survey

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