Swiss physicians' perspectives on advance directives in elective cardiovascular surgery

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1061-1069

  Gigon, F ^a,b   Merlani, P ^b,c   Ricou, B ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Decision making; Ethics; Intensive care; Jurisprudence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEAR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVIST; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT HARM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; STANDARDS; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84945188451     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: 18271596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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