Value choices and considerations when limiting intensive care treatment: A qualitative study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-17

  Halvorsen, K ^a,b   Forde R ^b   Nortvedt, P ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 57649176586     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01793.x     Document Type: Article

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