Ethics roundtable debate: Should a sedated dying patient be wakened to say goodbye to family?

Critical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 335-338

  Batchelor, Anna ^a   Jenal, Leslie ^b   Kapadia, Farhad ^c   Streat, Stephen ^d   Whetstine, Leslie ^e   Woodcock, Brian ^e  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b PD Hinduja National Hospital ^*

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DYING; FAMILY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; SEDATION;

BENEFICENCE; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPOFOL; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141885967     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc2329     Document Type: Article

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