Ethics Seminars: Withdrawal of Treatment in the Emergency Department-When and How?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1328-1332

  Bookman, Kelly ^a   Abbott, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directive; DNR; emergency medicine; end of life care; withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33751202662     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.030     Document Type: Article

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