Advance directives, perioperative care and end-of-life planning

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 451-460

  Silvester, William ^a   Detering, Karen ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

advance directives; advance care planning; aged care; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; decision making; elderly; end of life care; ethics; intensive care; limitation of treatment; perioperative; treatment withdrawal; withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 80053037889     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: 1532169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2011.07.005     Document Type: Review

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