Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to chemotherapy in an orthodox jewish patient

Oncologist

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 985-989

  Meltzer, Ellen C ^a   Ivascu, Natalia S ^a   Acres, Cathleen A ^a   Stark, Meredith ^a   Furman, Richard R ^a   Fins, Joseph J ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Chemotherapy; Communication; Cultural liaison; Lymphoma; Orthodox Judaism; Preventive ethics; Religious objection; Surrogate decision making; Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Withdrawal of life sustaining therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY CARE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; DRUG THERAPY; ETHICS; JEW; JUDAISM; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; RELIGION;

ADULT; DRUG THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; JEWS; JUDAISM; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LYMPHOMA; PATIENTS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 84906983878     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0025     Document Type: Article

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