Ordering and Administration of Sedatives and Analgesics During the Withholding and Withdrawal of Life Support From Critically III Patients

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 267, Issue 7, 1992, Pages 949-953

  Wilson, William C ^a   Smedira, Nicholas G ^a   Fink, Carol ^a   McDowell, James A ^b   Luce, John M ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG INFUSION; DYING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DOUBLE EFFECT; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES; INTENTION; MOFFITT-LONG HOSPITAL (SAN FRANCISCO); PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL; SEDATIVES; SUFFERING; SURVEY; VENTILATORS;

ANALGESICS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0026570345     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1992.03480070065032     Document Type: Article

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