Ethical considerations relating to terminal weaning in intensive care

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 156-162

  Robb, Yvonne A ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BENEFICENCE; CASE REPORT; CONFLICT; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENEFICENCE; DISCLOSURE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS, NURSING; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; VENTILATOR WEANING; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0031158885     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-3397(97)80905-6     Document Type: Article

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