Enacting death in the intensive care unit: Medical technology and the multiple ontologies of death

Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 571-587

  Hadders, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Death; Intensive care; Medical technology; Relatives; Ventilator withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NORWAY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NORWAY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 70350551986     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459308341869     Document Type: Article

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