Medical treatment for the terminally ill: The 'risk of unacceptable badness'

Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-318

  Crippen, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DYING; EMOTIONALITY; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23744501555     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3715     Document Type: Article

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