Care for the patient with AIDS in the ICU: Outcomes and ethics

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 271-278

  Randall Curtis, J ^a   Marquis, Kimberley A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Advance directives; AIDS; Ethics; HIV; Intensive care; Outcomes; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; Withholding resuscitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 6844250558     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045413-199609000-00005     Document Type: Article

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