The family conference: End-of-life guidelines at work for comatose patients

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1092-1094

  Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMATOSE PATIENT; EDITORIAL; MORALITY; PESSIMISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

COMA; FAMILY; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34147181545     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000259401.36220.1a     Document Type: Editorial

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