Beyond the bridge

Nursing Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 33-37

  Johnson, Susannah ^a   Kautz, Donald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DESTINATION THERAPY; EMPOWERMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 84890348739     PISSN: 1558447X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCN.0000436375.98640.6e     Document Type: Article

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