Medical decisions concerning the end of life: a discussion with Japanese physicians.
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Medical decisions concerning the end of life: a discussion with Japanese physicians.
OBJECTIVES Life-sustaining treatment at the end of life gives rise to many ethical problems in Japan. Recent surveys of Japanese physicians suggested that they tend to treat terminally ill patients aggressively. We studied why Japanese physicians were reluctant to withhold or withdraw life-support from terminally ill patients and what affected their decisions. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS A qualit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.23.5.323