Discrepancies between perceptions by physicians and nursing staff of intensive care unit end-of-life decisions

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1310-1315

  Ferrand, Edouard ^a   Lemaire, François ^b   Regnier, Bernard ^b   Kuteifan, Khaldoun ^b   Badet, Michel ^b   Asfar, Pierre ^b   Jaber, Samir ^b   Chagnon, Jean Luc ^b   Renault, Anne ^b   Robert, René ^b   Pochard, Frédéric ^b   Herve, Christian ^b   Brun Buisson, Christian ^b   Duvaldestin, Philippe ^b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Critical care; Decision making; End of life decisions; Ethics; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ITALY; LAW SUIT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0037614836     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200207-752OC     Document Type: Article

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