Medical end-of-life decisions in Switzerland 2001 and 2013: Who is involved and how does the decision-making capacity of the patient impact?

Margareta Schmid; Ueli Zellweger; Georg Bosshard; Matthias Bopp

doi:10.4414/smw.2016.14307

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Vol. 146 No. 0910 (2016)

Medical end-of-life decisions in Switzerland 2001 and 2013: Who is involved and how does the decision-making capacity of the patient impact?

Margareta Schmid
Ueli Zellweger
Georg Bosshard
Matthias Bopp

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2016.14307
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2016;146:w14307
Published: 28.02.2016

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Schmid M, Zellweger U, Bosshard G, Bopp M. Medical end-of-life decisions in Switzerland 2001 and 2013: Who is involved and how does the decision-making capacity of the patient impact?. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2016 Feb. 28 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];146(0910):w14307. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2165

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