End-of-life variations around the world: Can we improve our caring?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1837-1838

  Sviri, Sigal ^a   Sprung, Charles L ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Advance directive; Do not resuscitate order; Dying patient

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAREGIVER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33744549779     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000220061.48342.73     Document Type: Editorial

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