No Heroic Measures: How Soon Is Too Soon to Stop?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-18

  D'Amico, Thomas A ^a   Krasna, Mark J ^b   Krasna, Diane M ^c   Sade, Robert M ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b St Joseph Cancer Institute   (United States)

^c Surgicenter of Baltimore   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAW; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL ETHICS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 57649236034     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.075     Document Type: Article

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