End-of-life: Still an Italian dilemma

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1333-1335

  Servillo, Giuseppe ^a   Striano, Pasquale ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; LAW; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE;

CATHOLICISM; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 46149110503     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1057-0     Document Type: Note

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