Palliative care in critical illness: Challenges for research and practice

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 291-292

  Curtis, J Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84925591318     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315573901     Document Type: Editorial

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