End of life in the intensive care unit

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 541-547

  Zamperetti, N ^a   Piccinni, P ^a  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain death; Health care rationing; Intensive Care; Life expectancy; Living donors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BENEFICENCE; BRAIN DEATH; COMATOSE PATIENT; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77954981557     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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