Erratum: The importance of religious affiliation and culture on end-of-life decisions in European intensive care units (Intensive Care Medicine (2007) DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0693-0);The importance of religious affiliation and culture on end-of-life decisions in European intensive care units

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1732-1739

  Sprung, Charles L ^a   Maia, Paulo ^b   Bulow, Hans Henrik ^c   Ricou, Bara ^d   Armaganidis, Apostolos ^e   Baras, Mario ^a   Wennberg, Elisabet ^f   Reinhart, Konrad ^g   Cohen, Simon L ^h   Fries, Dietmar R ⁱ   Nakos, George ^j   Thijs, Lambertius G ^k  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^j Department of Anesthesiology   (Czech Republic)

^k VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Culture; End of life decisions; Ethics; Intensive care units; Religion; Religious affiliation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34748821120     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0781-1     Document Type: Erratum

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