End-of-Life Practices in European Intensive Care Units: The Ethicus Study

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 790-797

  Sprung, Charles L ^a   Cohen, Simon L ^b   Sjokvist, Peter ^c,m   Baras, Mario ^a   Bulow, Hans Henrik ^d   Hovilehto, Seppo ^e   Ledoux, Didier ^f   Lippert, Anne ^g   Maia, Paulo ^h   Phelan, Dermot ⁱ   Schobersberger, Wolfgang ^j   Wennberg, Elisabet ^k   Woodcock, Tom ^l  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e SOUTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^g GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^k SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^m KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0042160269     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.6.790     Document Type: Article

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