Communication of end-of-life decisions in European intensive care units

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1215-1221

  Cohen, Simon ^a   Sprung, Charles ^b   Sjokvist, Peter ^c   Lippert, Anne ^d   Ricou, Bara ^e   Baras, Mario ^f   Hovilehto, Seppo ^g   Maia, Paulo ^h   Phelan, Dermot ⁱ   Reinhart, Konrad ^j   Werdan, Karl ^k   Bulow, Hans Henrik ^l   Woodcock, Tom ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^g SOUTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^j JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^k MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^l GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

End of life decisions; Europe; Intensive care units; Patient competency; Patient families; Regional differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NURSE; PATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MENTAL COMPETENCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 25144503368     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2742-x     Document Type: Article

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