End-of-life care in Brazil

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1014-1017

  Soares, Márcio ^a   Terzi, Renato G G ^b   Piva, Jefferson P ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Death; End of life; Ethics; Withholding or withdrawal of futile care

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FAMILY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; BRAZIL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; REFUSAL TO TREAT; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34249715161     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0623-1     Document Type: Review

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