"Futile" care: Do we provide it? Why? A semistructured, Canada-wide survey of intensive care unit doctors and nurses

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-213

  Palda, Valerie A ^a,d   Bowman, Kerry W ^b   McLean, Richard F ^c   Chapman, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Futile care; ICU; Nurses; Physicians; Survey

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE; NURSING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIETY; TRAINING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 27144544978     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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