Dying at the end of your life

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2143-2144

  Girbes, Armand R J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYING; EDITORIAL; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME OF DEATH; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 12944320873     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2476-1     Document Type: Editorial

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