Practices of anaesthesiologists with regard to withholding and withdrawal of life support from the critically ill in Turkey

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 457-462

  Iyilikçi, Leyla ^a,c   Erbayraktar, S ^a   Gokmen N ^a   Ellidokuz, H ^b   Kara, H C ^a   Gunerli A ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Do not resuscitate orders; End of life care; Euthanasia; Life support, withdrawing; Withholding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TURKEY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 1942438112     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1399-6576.2003.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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