Ethics review: Dark angels - The problem of death in intensive care

Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Crippen, David W ^a   Whetstine, Leslie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EUTHANASIA; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE;

EID: 34248226304     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc5138     Document Type: Review

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