Ethical considerations at the end of life in the intensive care unit

Intensive care units (ICUs) confront the healthcare system with end-of-life situations and ethical dilemmas surrounding death. It is necessary for all providers who treat dying patients to have a working knowledge of the philosophical principles that are fundamental to biomedical ethics. Those princ...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Critical care medicine 2007-02, Vol.35 (2 Suppl), p.S85-S94
1. Verfasser:	Gavrin, Jonathan R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ethics, Clinical Humans Intensive Care Units - ethics Palliative Care - ethics Personal Autonomy Principle-Based Ethics Sociology, Medical - ethics Terminal Care - ethics
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