Legal aspects of withholding and withdrawing life support from critically ill patients in the United States and providing palliative care to them

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2029-2032

  Luce, J M ^a   Alpers, A ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMA; COURT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DYING; ETHICS; HYDRATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUTRITION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034520071     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.6.1-00     Document Type: Review

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