Definitions, decision-making and documentation in end of life situations in the intensive care unit;Therapiezieländerungen auf der Intensivstation - Definitionen, Entscheidungsfindung und Dokumentation: Multidisziplinäre Arbeitsgruppe (ARGE) Ethik in Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie, Reanimation, Intensivmedizin (ÖGARI)

Anasthesiologie Intensivmedizin Notfallmedizin Schmerztherapie

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 216-223

  Friesenecker, Barbara ^a   Fruhwald, Sonja ^b   Hasibeder, Walter ^c   Hörmann, Christoph ^d   Hoffmann, Maria Luise ^e   Krenn, Claus G ^f   Lenhart Orator, Andrea ^g   Likar, Rudolf ^h   Pernerstorfer, Thomas ⁱ   Pfausler, Bettina ^a   Roden, Christian ^j   Schaden, Eva ^f   Valentin, A ^k   Wallner, Jürgen ^j   Weber, Günther ^j   Zink, Michael ^l   Peintinger, Michael ^m  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried Betriebsgesellschaft MbH   (Austria)

^d Karl Landsteiner Institute for Implementation of Innovative Techniques in Cardiac Surgery   (Austria)

^e Landesklinikum Baden ^*  (Austria)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^h Zentrum fur Interdisziplinare Schmerztherapie Anasthesiologie und Allgemeine Intensivmedizin ZISOP   (Austria)

ⁱ Konventhospital der Barmherzigen Bruder Linz   (Austria)

^j KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

^k KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^l ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^m Hospital of the Divine Saviour   (Austria)

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Author keywords

documentation; End of Life decisions; Ethics; medical indication; patient preference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT;

CONSENT FORMS; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84877055893     PISSN: 09392661     EISSN: 14391074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1343753     Document Type: Article

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