United States Muslim physicians' attitudes toward withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: a qualitative study

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Title

United States Muslim physicians' attitudes toward withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: a qualitative study

Author

Khater, Wejdan Abdelkareem

Publisher

Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest Information and Learning/UMI, 2005.

Place of Publication

United States of America: Ann Arbor, MI

No. of Pages

165 p.

Language

English

Publication Date

20050000

Notes

Publication No. ATT-3196524. Dissertation, (Ph.D. in Nursing)--University of Kansas, 2005

Primary Classification

20.5.1

Secondary Classification

20.5.1;1.2;7.1;8.1;20.3.2

Primary keywords

allowing to die--[pri];attitude of health personnel--[pri];decision making--[pri];Muslims--[pri];physicians--[pri];withholding treatment--[pri]

Secondary keywords

attitudes to death;culture;economics;ethnic groups;futility;interviews;Islamic ethics;knowledge, attitudes, practice;prognosis;qualitative research;quality of life;religion

Subject

United States--[pri]

Primary Document Type

b

Call Number

RC86.7 .K428 2005a

Subject Captions

em

Bibliography

Refs., p. 130-146

Collection

IMSE Database

Citation

“United States Muslim physicians' attitudes toward withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: a qualitative study,” Islamic Medical & Scientific Ethics, accessed October 3, 2024, http://imse.ibp.georgetown.domains/items/show/33961.