The sequence of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from patients

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-156

  Asch, David A ^a,b,c   Faber Langendoen, Kathy ^d,e   Shea, Judy A ^b,c,e   Christakis, Nicholas A ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INFUSION FLUID;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COST; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TUBE FEEDING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032839774     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00198-9     Document Type: Article

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