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Religious perspectives on withdrawal of treatment from patients with multiple organ failure: A Tibetan Buddhist perspective

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2005

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Powers, Chester (John)

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Australasian Medical Association

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• Religious or spiritual values often influence health care decision-making by patients and their families, particularly in times of crisis. • Though religious values might seem to be irrelevant where continuing treatment is judged to be "futile", suc

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Keywords: article; Australia; cosmos; death; decision making; dying; ethics; family; health care; human; multiple organ failure; patient; religion; social belief; terminal care; treatment withdrawal; Australia; Humans; Life Support Care; Multiple Organ Failure; Rel

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/83610

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ANU Research Publications

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Medical Journal of Australia

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