Attitudes towards ethical problems in critical care medicine: The Chinese perspective

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 655-664

  Weng, Li ^a   Joynt, Gavin M ^b   Lee, Anna ^b   Du, Bin ^a   Leung, Patricia ^b   Peng, Jinming ^a   Gomersall, Charles D ^b   Hu, Xiaoyun ^a   Yap, Hui Y ^b   Liang, F J ^c   Mao, R Z ^d   Wang, X W ^e   Bu, L ^f   Xu, Y H ^g   Cao, W ^h   Liu, F Y ⁱ   Zhu, F X ^j   Fu, H J ^k   Ning, B ^l   Xie, Y C ^m   Zhou, Y ⁿ   Qi, J Y ^o   Akbar, ^p   Zhang, R ^q   more..

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Beijing Geriatric Hospital   (China)

^d HENAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^e Qinghai Red Cross Hospital   (China)

^f Liaoning Jinqiu Hospital   (China)

^g CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^h LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ CANGZHOU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^j HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^k SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l AIR FORCE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^m Henan Yuzhou People's Hospital   (China)

ⁿ TONGDE HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE   (China)

^o Shilong Boai Hospital   (China)

^p XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^q Yi Chang Centre Hospital   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Culture; End of life; Ethics; Limitation of life support; Moral; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUROPE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TRIAGE;

EID: 79953818094     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-2124-x     Document Type: Article

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