New frontiers in the future of palliative care: real-world bioethical dilemmas and axiology of clinical practice

BMC Medical Ethics 16 (1):11 (2015)
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Abstract

In our time there is growing interest in developing a systematic approach to oncologic patients and end-of-life care. An important goal within this domain is to identify the values and ethical norms that guide physicians’ decisions and their recourse to technological aids to preserve life. Though crucial, this objective is not easy to achieve

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