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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Slovenian Medical Association
2008-01-01
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Series: | Zdravniški Vestnik |
Online Access: | http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/919 |