On the ethics of withholding and withdrawing medical treatment

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Reichlin, Massimo ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Slippery slope; Voluntary active euthanasia; Withdrawing; Withholding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT RIGHT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 84931567542     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-9-39     Document Type: Article

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