French intensivists do not apply American recommendations regarding decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1887-1892

  Pochard, Frédéric ^a   Azoulay, Elie ^b   Chevret, Sylvie ^b   Vinsonneau, Christophe ^a   Grassin, Marc ^c   Lemaire, François ^d   Hervé, Christian ^c   Schlemmer, Benoît ^b   Zittoun, Robert ^e   Dhainaut, Jean François ^a  

^a Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Département de Philosophie et d'Histoire de la Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

Admission; Adults; Criteria; Critical care; Discharge; End of life decision; Ethics; Intensive care; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034769895     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200110000-00006     Document Type: Article

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