A prospective determination of the incidence of perceived inappropriate care in critically ill patients

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 165-170

  Singal, Rohit K ^a   Sibbald, Robert ^b   Morgan, Brenda ^b   Quinlan, Mel ^b   Parry, Neil ^b,c   Radford, Michael ^d   Martin, Claudio M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

End of life; Futility; ICU; Inappropriate treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHARGE NURSE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTERED NURSE; TERMINAL CARE; AGED; CANADA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84903902578     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/429789     Document Type: Article

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