Ethics, choices, and decisions in acute medicine: A national survey of norwegian physicians' attitudes

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hansen, Thor W R ^a,b   Janvier, Annie ^c   Aasland, Olaf ^d,e   Førde, Reidun ^e  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Research Institute of the Norwegian Medical Association   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

best interest; clinical ethics; life support care; personal autonomy; resuscitation; withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORWAY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NORWAY; PHYSICIANS; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84873891711     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31826e73f1     Document Type: Review

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