End-of-life decisions in Burn Intensive Care Units - An International Survey

Burns

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-57

  Metaxa, Victoria ^a   Lavrentieva, Athina ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Burn ICU ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Burns intensive care; End of life; Withhold withdraw care

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BURN; BURN PATIENT; BURN UNIT; DEATH; E-MAIL; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORALITY; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURN UNITS; BURNS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84920681257     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.05.018     Document Type: Article

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