Is dying in an ICU a sign of poor quality end-of-life care?

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 263-266

  White, Douglas B ^a   Ernecoff, Natalie ^a   Billings, J Andrew ^b   Arnold, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84877336244     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2013604     Document Type: Article

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