Use of a DNR order over family objections: The case of Gilgunn v. MGH

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-45

  Paris, John J ^a   Cassem, Edwin H ^b   Dec, G William ^b   Reardon, Frank E ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Hassan and Reardon   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DISSENT; FAMILY MEMBERS; FUTILITY; GILGUNN V. MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL; LEGAL APPROACH; MASSACHUSETTS; VENTILATORS;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY; GROUP PROCESSES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PHYSICIANS; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINALLY ILL; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0032905942     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1489.1999.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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