Withdrawing Life Support from Mechanically Ventilated Recipients of Bone Marrow Transplants: A Case for Evidence-Based Guidelines

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 625-633

  Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^a,b   Crawford, Stephen W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0030587845     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00001     Document Type: Article

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