Right to Die
"Right to Die" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The right of the patient or the patient's representative to make decisions with regard to the patient's dying.
| Descriptor ID |
D012297
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.473.650.952 N03.706.437.650.750
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Right to Die" by people in Profiles.
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Lantos JD. Saturday morning postmortem. Hastings Cent Rep. 2010 Mar-Apr; 40(2):5-6; author reply 6.
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Torke AM, Alexander GC, Lantos J. Substituted judgment: the limitations of autonomy in surrogate decision making. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Sep; 23(9):1514-7.
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Curlin FA, Nwodim C, Vance JL, Chin MH, Lantos JD. To die, to sleep: US physicians' religious and other objections to physician-assisted suicide, terminal sedation, and withdrawal of life support. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2008 Apr-May; 25(2):112-20.
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Lantos JD, Miles SH, Cassel CK. The Linares affair. Law Med Health Care. 1989; 17(4):308-15.