Understanding and changing attitudes toward withdrawal and withholding of life support in the intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Cook, Deborah ^a,f   Rocker, Graeme ^b   Giacomini, Mita ^a   Sinuff, Tasnim ^c,d   Heyland, Daren ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Decision making; End of life; Ethics; Withdrawal of life support

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33750320331     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000237042.11330.A9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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