Limitation of life support: Frequency and practice in a London and a Cape Town intensive care unit

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1020-1025

  Turner, J S ^a,b   Michell, W L ^b   Morgan, C J ^c   Benatar, S R ^b  

^a Harfield House   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Critical care; Ethics; Life support withdrawal; Prognosis; Resuscitation orders; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NURSING STAFF; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029851404     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01699222     Document Type: Article

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