Can physicians judgments of futility be accepted by patients?: A comparative survey of Japanese physicians and laypeople

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kadooka, Yasuhiro ^a   Asai, Atsushi ^a   Bito, Seiji ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; JUDGMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT FAILURE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84862237473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-13-7     Document Type: Review

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