End of life care in ICU

Care of the Critically Ill

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 99-100

  Nesbitt, I D E ^a   Ryan, D W ^b  

^a Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care ^*

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFLICT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 24144461274     PISSN: 02660970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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