Medical decisions at the end-of-life: lessons from America.

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dc.contributor.authorTan, S Y
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T15:59:47Z
dc.date.available2019-07-02T15:59:47Z
dc.date.issued1995-04
dc.description.abstractBioethical issues that deal with medical decisions at the end of life are as interesting as they are contentious. Daily, we confront questions of health care rationing, medical futility, euthanasia, or the use of advanced directives and ethics committees. There is present-day mainstream thinking on these bioethical themes and more important, under-emphasized and controversial aspects of dying in America.
dc.identifier.issn0017-8594
dc.identifier.pubmed7601680
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/62457
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subject.meshBioethics
dc.subject.meshDecision Making
dc.subject.meshDouble Effect Principle
dc.subject.meshEthics Committees
dc.subject.meshEuthanasia/legislation & jurisprudence
dc.subject.meshHealth Care Rationing/economics/legislation & jurisprudence
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshLiving Wills/legislation & jurisprudence
dc.subject.meshMedical Futility
dc.subject.meshRight to Die/legislation & jurisprudence
dc.subject.meshUnited States
dc.subject.meshWedge Argument
dc.titleMedical decisions at the end-of-life: lessons from America.
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeReview
dc.type.dcmiText
prism.number4
prism.pagerange514-20
prism.publicationnameHawaii medical journal
prism.volume54

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