Letting go: Family willingness to forgo life support

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 483-494

  Swigart, V ^a   Lidz, C ^a   Butterworth, V ^a   Arnold, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029851413     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9563(96)80051-3     Document Type: Article

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