The self-fulfilling prophecy in intensive care

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 401-410

  Wilkinson, Dominic ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical ethics; Futility; Intensive care; Prognosis; Resuscitation orders; Withdrawing treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RECUMBENCY; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNCERTAINTY;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNCERTAINTY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77649241852     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-009-9120-6     Document Type: Article

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