Biomedical ethics and the withdrawal of advanced life support

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue , 2001, Pages 79-92

  Henig, N R ^a   Faul, J L ^a   Raffin, T A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; End of life; Ventilator

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; OPIATE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUTHANASIA; EXTUBATION; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FREEDOM; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PAIN; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0035123336     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.52.1.79     Document Type: Review

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