Criminal act or palliative care? Prosecutions involving the care of the dying.

Alpers, A

Criminal act or palliative care? Prosecutions involving the care of the dying. [electronic resource] - The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics 1998 - 308-31, 262 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Legal Case; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Review

1073-1105

10.1111/j.1748-720x.1998.tb01678.x doi


Adult
Aged
Analgesics, Opioid--therapeutic use
Double Effect Principle
Drug and Narcotic Control--legislation & jurisprudence
Ethics
Female
Homicide--legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Intention
Law Enforcement
Life Support Care--legislation & jurisprudence
Male
Middle Aged
Pain--drug therapy
Palliative Care--legislation & jurisprudence
Potassium Chloride--therapeutic use
Stress, Psychological
Terminal Care--legislation & jurisprudence
United States
Withholding Treatment