Emergency medicine and futile care: Taking the road less travelled

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 640-643

  O'Connor, Alan E ^a,c   Winch, Sarah ^b   Lukin, William ^a,b   Parker, Malcolm ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Futility; Medical ethics; Medical law; Palliative medicine

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 80054070904     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01435.x     Document Type: Note

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