Clinical review: Ethics and end-of-life care for critically ill patients in China

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Li, Li B ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ASSISTED SUICIDE; BRAIN DEATH; CHINA; CHINESE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEONTOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUTHANASIA; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATERNALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; TEAMWORK; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH; BIOETHICS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; FAMILY;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CHINA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CULTURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; HUMANS; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84888858460     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13140     Document Type: Review

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