The role of advance directives in end-of-life decisions in Austria: survey of intensive care physicians

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Currently, intensive care medicine strives to define a generally accepted way of dealing with end-of-life decisions, therapy limitation and therapy discontinuation.</p> <p>In 2006 a new advance directive legislation was e...

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Main Authors: Schopper Andrea, Hacker Stefan, Herczeg Petra, Schaden Eva, Krenn Claus G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/11/19