Should law have a role in end-of-life care?


Autoria(s): White, Benjamin P.; Willmott, Lindy; Parker, Malcolm; Cartwright, Colleen; Williams, Gail
Data(s)

2012

Resumo

What do physicians think of law? Do they know the law? What role does it have in the provision of end-of-life care? Physicians in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland are being asked about these issues in a study by the Queensland University of Technology entitled ‘Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from adults who lack capacity: The role of law in medical practice’. This research aims to examine the role that law plays in decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment from adults who lack capacity.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/53770/

Publicador

Blackwell Publishing

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/53770/2/53770.pdf

DOI:10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02883.x

White, Benjamin P., Willmott, Lindy, Parker, Malcolm, Cartwright, Colleen, & Williams, Gail (2012) Should law have a role in end-of-life care? Internal Medicine Journal, 42(9), pp. 966-968.

http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/LP0990329

Direitos

Copyright 2012 The Authors. Internal Medicine Journal Copyright 2012 Royal Australasian College of Physicians

The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com

Fonte

Faculty of Law; Australian Centre for Health Law Research; School of Law

Palavras-Chave #111702 Aged Health Care #111703 Care for Disabled #180119 Law and Society #Health law #End of life decision-making #Withholding and withdrawing treatment #Life-sustaining treatment #Knowledge of law #Advance care planning #Adult guardianship law
Tipo

Journal Article