Ethically justified treatment limitations in emergency situations

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 214-218

  Tirkkonen, Joonas ^a,b   Olkkola, Klaus T ^c   Tenhunen, Jyrki ^a,d   Hoppu, Sanna ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ethics; limitations of medical treatment; medical emergency team

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; FINLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84921841145     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000240     Document Type: Review

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