End of life in the ICU: Laws, rules and practices: The situation in Italy

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1620-1622

  Zamperetti, Nereo ^a   Proietti, Rodolfo ^b  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HYDRATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY;

BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33749262851     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0330-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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