Age and life-sustaining treatment. Attitudes of intensive care unit professionals

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 40, Issue 8 I, 1996, Pages 904-908

  Melltorp, G ^a   Nilstun, T ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

age based rationing; attitudes; ethics; forgoing life sustaining treatment; intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029793510     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb04558.x     Document Type: Article

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