Dying with dignity: the perspective of the family doctor
Grosse, K.; Rendenbach, U.
MMW Fortschritte der Medizin 148(20): 32-34
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 1438-3276 PMID: 16805187 Document Number: 595597
The medical possibilities of keeping a patient alive with the aid of drugs and technical aids are constantly expanding. A more difficult decision that the care-providing physician is called upon to make is: when is the point reached when further treatment no longer makes sense? From here on, the objective is to enable the patient to die with dignity,which entails allowing him/her and relatives the opportunity to take their leave of one another.