A framework for resolving disagreement during end of life care in the critical care unit

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Choong, Karen ^a   Cupido, Cynthia ^a   Nelson, Erin ^b   Arnold, Donald M ^a,c   Burns, Karen ^e,f   Cook, Deborah ^a,d   Meade, Maureen ^a,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 77957857539     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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