When (quality of) life is at stake and intensive care is needed: How much can we trust our proxies?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1681-1682

  Granja, Cristina ^a   Azevedo, Luis Filipe ^b  

^a HOSPITAL PEDRO HISPANO   (Portugal)

^b Faculty of Medicine of Oporto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PROXY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33750220573     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0334-z     Document Type: Editorial

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