New regulations for the care of the critically ill in patients in Italy

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1660-1661

  Zamperetti, Nereo ^a   Conti, Giorgio ^b  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY; ETHICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; PROXY;

EID: 4143074667     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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