Physicians' psychosocial barriers to different modes of withdrawal of life support in critical care: A qualitative study in Japan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 616-622

  Aita, Kaoruko ^a   Kai, Ichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain death; End of life care; Japan; Mechanical ventilation; Percutaneous cardiopulmonary support; Physicians; Withdrawal of life support

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIFESPAN; LIVER SUPPORT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL VALUES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 74749093859     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.036     Document Type: Article

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