On the difficulty of neurosurgical end of life decisions

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-69

  Schaller, Carlo ^a   Kessler, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEATH; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROSURGERY; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 32544441402     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.011767     Document Type: Article

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