Doctors' authoritarianism in end-of-life treatment decisions. A comparison between Russia, Sweden and Germany

• Published in: Journal of Medical Ethics
• Main Authors: Richter, Jörg, Eisemann, Martin, Zgonnikova, Elena
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: British Medical Journal Publishing Group 2001
• Subjects: Article; Canada; Molloy; Arkhangelsk
• Online Access: http://jme.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/27/3/186; https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.27.3.186

Objectives—The study was performed in order to investigate how end-of-life decisions are influenced by cultural and sociopolitical circumstances and to explore the compliance of doctors with patient wishes Participants and measurement—Five hundred and thirty-five physicians were surveyed in Sweden (...