Do-not-resuscitate orders for critically ill patients in intensive care

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-455

  Chang, Yuanmay ^a   Huang, Chin Feng ^b   Lin, Chia Chin ^b  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Do not resuscitate; Intensive care unit; Life support care; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; UTILIZATION;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77954277545     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733010364893     Document Type: Article

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