Requests for "inappropriate" treatment based on religious beliefs.
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Requests for "inappropriate" treatment based on religious beliefs.
Requests by patients or their families for treatment which the patient's physician considers to be "inappropriate" are becoming more frequent than refusals of treatment which the physician considers appropriate. Such requests are often based on the patient's religious beliefs about the attributes of God (sovereignty, omnipotence), the attributes of persons (sanctity of life), or the individual'...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.23.3.142