Ethics and health policy of dialyzing a patient in a persistent vegetative state

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 366-370

  Skold, Anna ^a   Lesandrini, Jason ^b   Gorbatkin, Steven ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLICY MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84893628963     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03410313     Document Type: Article

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