Withdrawal of care in a potentially curable patient

Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-445

  Murphy, Jennifer ^a   Fayanju, Oluwadamilola ^b   Brown, Douglas ^c   Kodner, Ira J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE NECROSIS; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORBID OBESITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SEPSIS;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 76749116531     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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