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Record 1 2005-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Health Law
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

... physicians should not be allowed simply to impose their views on patients through an appeal to futility. Such a unilateral withdrawal of treatment would be a kind of abandonment of the patient. Physicians should, instead, discuss treatment options with their patients and should help to achieve the patients’ goals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Droit de la santé
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

D'autres aspects nécessitent un éclaircissement juridique, comme le droit du mineur à l'esprit mûr d'accepter ou de refuser un traitement ou l'interruption unilatérale d'un traitement devenu inutile dans les circonstances.

Spanish

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