Limitation of life support: Frequency and practice in a Hong Kong intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 415-420

  Buckley, Thomas A ^a   Joynt, Gavin M ^a   Tan, Peggy Y H ^a   Cheng, Claudia A Y ^a   Yap, Florence H Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Critical care; Critical illness; Intensive care; Life support care; Resuscitation; Withdrawing care; Withholding care

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

BRAIN DEATH; CHINESE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1242320055     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000110675.34569.A9     Document Type: Review

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