Ethics and end-of-life care for adults in the intensive care unit

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9749, 2010, Pages 1347-1353

  Curtis, J Randall ^a   Vincent, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BELIEF; TERMINAL CARE; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77958093578     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60143-2     Document Type: Review

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