Limiting life-prolonging interventions and providing palliative care towards the end-of-life in Indian intensive care units

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 96-107

  Mani, R K ^a   Amin, P ^a   Chawla, R ^a   Divatia, J V ^a   Kapadia, F ^a   Khilnani, P ^a   Myatra, S N ^a   Prayag, S ^a   Rajagopalan, R ^a   Todi, S K ^a   Uttam, R ^a   Balakrishnan, S ^a   Dalmia, A ^a   Kuthiala, A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28444433738     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.17097     Document Type: Review

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