The delivery of futile care is harmful to other patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Niederman, Michael S ^a,b   Berger, Jeffrey T ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Antimicrobial resistance; Egalitarian theory; Elderly; End of life care; Futile care; Nonmaleficence; Pandemic influenza; Pay for performance; Scoring systems

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FUTILE CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OXYGENATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78650324325     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181f1cba5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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