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Abstract
A man aged 80 years presented with painful ischaemia (inadequate blood supply) affecting his left lower leg. There was no effective medical treatment. The surgeons recommended amputation. The patient refused, in spite of suffering severe pain for fifteen months, because he wished to die, and he tried to bring this about by various means.Entities:
Keywords: Death and Euthanasia; Professional Patient Relationship
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Year: 1987 PMID： 3572993 PMCID： PMC1375408 DOI： 10.1136/jme.13.1.43
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Ethics ISSN： 0306-6800 Impact factor: 2.903