End of life in the intensive care unit: From practice to law. What do the lawmakers tell the caregivers? A new series in Intensive Care Medicine

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 955-957

  Boles, Jean Michel ^a,b  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE ET DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAW SUIT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; PERIODICALS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33745451915     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0184-8     Document Type: Editorial

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