Contradictions in end-of-life decisions for self and other, expressed by relatives of chronically ventilated patients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 293-301

  Sviri, Sigal ^a   Garb, Yaakov ^b   Stav, Ilana ^a   Rubinow, Alan ^a   Linton, David M ^a   Caine, Yehezkel G ^c   Marcus, Esther Lee ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Chronic ventilation; End of life; Ethics; Family members; Other; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; RELATIVE; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 67349161003     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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