Attitudes of Swedish physicians and nurses towards the use of life- sustaining treatment

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-172

  Sjokvist, Peter ^a   Berggren, L ^a   Cook, D J ^b  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Critical care; Ethics; Forgoing life sustaining treatment; Life support; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032934471     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430208.x     Document Type: Article

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