Existential decision-making in a fatal progressive disease: how much do legal and medical frameworks matter?

Existential decision-making in a fatal progressive disease: how much do legal and medical frameworks matter?

Abstract Background Healthcare legislation in European countries is similar in many respects. Most importantly, the framework of informed consent determines that physicians have the duty to provide detailed information about available therapeutic options and that patients have the right to refuse me...

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Main Authors: Christian Weber, Barbara Fijalkowska, Katarzyna Ciecwierska, Anna Lindblad, Gisela Badura-Lotter, Peter M. Andersen, Magdalena Kuźma-Kozakiewicz, Albert C. Ludolph, Dorothée Lulé, Tomasz Pasierski, Niels Lynöe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Shared decision-making
Therapeutic treatment
Palliative care
Advance directive
Germany
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-017-0252-6

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