Heart transplantation without informed consent: Discussion of a case

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-254

  Grande, A M ^a,b   Rinaldi, M ^a   Goggi, C ^a   Politi, P ^b   Vigano M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision making; Heart failure; Heart transplantation; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; FAMILY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATIENT RIGHT;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0031945442     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050559     Document Type: Article

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