End of life in the intensive care unit: Knowledge and practice of clinicians from Karachi, Pakistan

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 307-313

  Salahuddin, N ^a   Shafqat, S ^a   Mapara, S ^a   Khan, S ^a   Siddiqui, S ^a   Manasia, R ^a   Ahmad, A ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Critical care; Do not resuscitate; End of life; Life support; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROCLIMATE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 42049122383     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01595.x     Document Type: Article

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