title: [Dying with dignity: The perspective of the family doctor].
abstract: The medical possibilities of keeping a patient alive with the aid of drugs and technical aids are constantly expanding. A more difficult decision that the care-providing physician is called upon to make is: when is the point reached when further treatment no longer makes sense? From here on, the objective is to enable the patient to die with dignity,which entails allowing him/her and relatives the opportunity to take their leave of one another.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Universität Dresden. katrin.grosse@uniklinikum-dresden.de
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grosse
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rendenbach
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D010819:Physician's Role; D012297:Right to Die; D013727:Terminal Care