On what are our end-of-life decisions based?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 947-954

  Pettilä, Ville ^a   Ala Kokko, T ^a   Varpula, T ^a   Laurila, J ^a   Hovilehto, S ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

End of life; Ethics; Intensive care; Withdraw; Withhold

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVING WILL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCANDINAVIA; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0036724056     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460804.x     Document Type: Article

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