Report of 255 clinical ethics consultations and review of the literature

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 686-691

  Swetz, Keith M ^a   Crowley, Mary Eliot ^a   Hook, C Christopher ^a   Mueller, Paul S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249933637     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/82.6.686     Document Type: Article

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