“Help Me Die”

As a medical student doing a rotation, I was feeling positive as we knocked on the door of an elderly lady who I'd seen just 2 days earlier. Even though seriously ill for many months, this patient had always lived life in her own way, refusing to go to a nursing home. It was clear that her cond...

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Authors: Kushner, Thomasine (Author) ; Thomasma, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2001
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2001, Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Pages: 451-452
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Summary:As a medical student doing a rotation, I was feeling positive as we knocked on the door of an elderly lady who I'd seen just 2 days earlier. Even though seriously ill for many months, this patient had always lived life in her own way, refusing to go to a nursing home. It was clear that her condition had deteriorated rapidly, and the nurse informed me privately that she was dying, sooner rather than later.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180101214133