Treatment withdrawal and acute brain injury: An integral part of care

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 941-945

  Smith, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84864645685     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07304.x     Document Type: Review

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