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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-10-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Ethics |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/11/19 |