Does withdrawing life-sustaining treatment cause death or allow the patient to die?

Medical Law Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-47

  Mcgee, Andrew ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acts; Causing death; Euthanasia; Killing; Letting die; Omissions

Indexed keywords

ACTS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAUSING DEATH; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; KILLING; LEGAL ASPECT; LETTING DIE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OMISSIONS; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; RIGHT TO DIE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ACTS; CAUSING DEATH; EUTHANASIA; KILLING; LETTING DIE; OMISSIONS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; RIGHT TO DIE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84894387628     PISSN: 09670742     EISSN: 14643790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/medlaw/fwt034     Document Type: Article

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