Ethical issues in the intensive care unit

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 292-298

  Fisher, Malcolm ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C;

AGING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; REVIEW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 3242751981     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccx.0000133670.35409.6a     Document Type: Review

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