PATIENT’S CONSCIOUS REFUSAL OF TREATMENT AND REQUEST FOR ACTIVETREATMENT WHEN RECOVERY IS NOT POSSIBLE

BACKGROUND Patients refusing medical treatment that would be most probably successful at the time ofdiagnosis present a specific ethic dilemma for a practitioner. The biggest problem lies inpatients with malignant diseases as the treatment in the final period is usually unsuccessfuland is focused ma...

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Main Authors: Peter Černoga, Uroš Ahčan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2008-01-01
Series:Zdravniški Vestnik
Online Access:http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/919