Effect of ethics consultations in the intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Schneiderman, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort care; Communication; Critical care; Decision making; End of life; Ethics consultation; Futility; Intensive care unit; Nonbeneficial treatment; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICISTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33750342451     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000237078.54456.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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