Factors Associated With Futile End-Of-Life Intensive Care in a Cancer Hospital

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 329-334

  da Cruz, Vasco Moscovici ^a   Camalionte, Lucimara ^a   Caruso, Pedro ^a,b  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

intensive care; medical futility; neoplasms; palliative care; retrospective studies; withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CANCER CENTER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84927549509     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: 19382715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909113518269     Document Type: Article

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