The pressure to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining therapy from critically ill patients in the United States

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1104-1108

  Luce, John M ^a,b   White, Douglas B ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; ICU rationing; Triage; Withholding and withdrawal of life sustaining therapy

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34249785697     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200609-1397CP     Document Type: Review

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