Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: A comparative study of the ethical reasoning of physicians and the general public

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rydvall, Anders ^a   Lynöe, Niels ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEDATION; SWEDEN; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 39749126251     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6786     Document Type: Article

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