Recommendations to limit life support: A national survey of critical care physicians

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 633-639

  Brush, David R ^a,b   Rasinski, Kenneth A ^a   Hall, Jesse B ^a   Alexander, G Caleb ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Life support; Medical ethics; Physician recommendations; Surrogate decision maker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84867135363     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201202-0354OC     Document Type: Article

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