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

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dc.contributor.authorPowers, Chester (John)
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:59:06Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T22:59:06Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T07:26:26Z
dc.description.abstract• 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
dc.identifier.issn0025-729X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/83610
dc.publisherAustralasian Medical Association
dc.sourceMedical Journal of Australia
dc.source.urihttp://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/183_11_051205/ank10614_fm.html#0_elementId-1094048
dc.subjectKeywords: 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
dc.titleReligious perspectives on withdrawal of treatment from patients with multiple organ failure: A Tibetan Buddhist perspective
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue11/12
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage621
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage616
local.contributor.affiliationPowers, Chester (John), College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidPowers, Chester (John), u9511472
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor220406 - Studies in Eastern Religious Traditions
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub11895
local.identifier.citationvolume183
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-29444456793
local.type.statusPublished Version

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