Citation

Alpers A. J. Law Med. Ethics 1998; 26(4): 308-31, 262.

Affiliation

Program in Medical Ethics, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11066892

Abstract

Author examines criminal investigations and prosecutions of physicians and nurses in connection with their care of dying patients and concludes that the criminal law has failed to protect patients and families and has significant power to deter appropriate pain management for dying patients.

Language: en