Documentation of best interest by intensivists: A retrospective study in an Ontario critical care unit

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ratnapalan, Mohana ^a   Cooper, Andrew B ^a,b   Scales, Damon C ^a,c   Pinto, Ruxandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b University of Queensland   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 77949417106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-11-1     Document Type: Article

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