Medical futility and the burns patient

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 851-855

  Den Hollander, Daan ^a  

^a INKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burns; Futility

Indexed keywords

BURN; BURN PATIENT; BURN UNIT; DISABLED PERSON; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SHORT TERM SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BURNS; ETHICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE;

BURNS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 84879028730     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.02.001     Document Type: Review

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