Tretment of patients with basilar occlusion and locked- in-syndrome: An ethical dilemma;Die behandlung von patienten mit thrombosen der arteria basilaris und locked-in-syndrom: Ein ethisches dilemma

Nervenarzt

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 653-658

  Thiel, A ^a,b,c   Schmidt, H ^a   Prange, H ^a   Nau, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Abteilung für Kardiologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

Basilar ArteryThrombosis; Ethics; Euthanasia; Intensive Care; Life Support Care; Locked In Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BASILAR ARTERY; CRITICAL CARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRIPLEGIA; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0030824207     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050176     Document Type: Article

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