End-of-life care in the intensive care unit: A research agenda

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2001-2006

  Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^a,b   Randall Curtis, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; End of life care; Palliative care; Research agenda; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034780647     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200110000-00025     Document Type: Article

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