Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment: A case study

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 14-24

  Stacy, Kathleen M ^a  

^a Palomar Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; FAMILY; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VENTILATOR WEANING; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84864862843     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: 19408250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2012152     Document Type: Article

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