Withdrawing intensive life-sustaining treatment - Recommendations for compassionate clinical management

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 652-657

  Brody, Howard ^a   Campbell, Margaret L ^b   Faber Langendoen, Kathy ^c   Ogle, Karen S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROMORPHONE; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXAZEPAM;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DIALYSIS; DYING; FAMILY COUNSELING; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LONG TERM CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPASSION; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; FAMILY MEMBERS; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SUFFERING; TECHNICAL EXPERTISE; UNCERTAINTY; VENTILATORS;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY; HUMANS; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNCERTAINTY; VENTILATOR WEANING; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0031049741     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199702273360910     Document Type: Article

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