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Attitudes and behaviors of Japanese physicians concerning withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for end-of-life patients: results from an Internet survey

BACKGROUND: Evidence concerning how Japanese physicians think and behave in specific clinical situations that involve withholding or withdrawal of medical interventions for end-of-life or frail elderly patients is yet insufficient. METHODS: To analyze decisions and actions concerning the withholding...

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Autores principales: Bito, Seiji, Asai, Atsushi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1913058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17577420
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-8-7