Waking the dying: Must we always attempt to involve critically ill patients in end-of-life decisions?

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 637-642

  Tonelli, Mark R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; End of life; Medical ethics; Terminally ill; Withdrawal of life support

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BENEFICENCE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DYING; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEDATION; SURVIVAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 13644253890     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.2.637     Document Type: Article

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