End-of-Life Issues in Critically Ill Cancer Patients

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Gaeta, Susan ^a   Price, Kristen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Cancer; End of life; Intensive care unit; Management

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BELIEF; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 70449971014     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2009.10.002     Document Type: Review

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