Timers on ventilators

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7488, 2005, Pages 415-417

  Ravitsky, Vardit ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DYING; ETHICS; ISRAEL; JEW; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; VENTILATOR; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; RELIGIOUS APPROACH; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JUDAISM; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TERMINAL CARE; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 13844320383     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.415     Document Type: Review

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