Doctors' knowledge of the law on withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 229-232

  White, Ben ^a   Willmott, Lindy ^a   Cartwright, Colleen ^b   Parker, Malcolm H ^c   Williams, Gail ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAINING; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIANS; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; VICTORIA; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84940222459     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.00217     Document Type: Article

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