Ethical considerations at the end-of-life care
The goal of end-of-life care for dying patients is to prevent or relieve suffering as much as possible while respecting the patients’ desires. However, physicians face many ethical challenges in end-of-life care. Since the decisions to be made may concern patients’ family members and society as well...
Main Authors: | Melahat Akdeniz, Bülent Yardımcı, Ethem Kavukcu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-03-01
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Series: | SAGE Open Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121211000918 |
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