Withholding or withdrawing therapy in intensive care units: An analysis of collaboration among healthcare professionals

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1696-1705

  Jensen, Hanne Irene ^a,b   Ammentorp, Jette ^b   Erlandsen, Mogens ^c   Ørding, Helle ^a  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Decision making; End of life; Intensive care units; Withdrawing treatment; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENMARK; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 80054866973     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2345-7     Document Type: Article

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