Decisions to limit life-sustaining treatment for critically ill patients who lack both decision-making capacity and surrogate decision-makers

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2053-2059

  White, Douglas B ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^b   Lo, Bernard ^a   Luce, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life treatment decisions; Intensive care unit patients; Life sustaining treatment; Surrogate decision maker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; TERMINAL CARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; INFORMED CONSENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33748121814     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000227654.38708.C1     Document Type: Article

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