A national survey of end-of-life care for critically ill patients

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1163-1167

  Prendergast, Thomas J ^a   Claessens, Michael T ^b   Luce, John M ^b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0031771674     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.4.9801108     Document Type: Article

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