Prolonged ventilator dependence: economic and ethical considerations.

Elpern, E H

Elpern, E H.

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am ; 3(4): 601-8, 1991 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1777196

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Ethics, Medical; Long-Term Care/standards; Resource Allocation; Respiration, Artificial/standards; Withholding Treatment; Beneficence; Consensus; Cost Control; Humans; Long-Term Care/economics; Patient Advocacy; Patient Selection; Personal Autonomy; Respiration, Artificial/economics

Key words

Death and Euthanasia; Health Care and Public Health

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Respiration, Artificial / Long-Term Care / Withholding Treatment / Resource Allocation / Ethics, Medical Type of study: Guideline / Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies Aspects: Ethics Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am Journal subject: ENFERMAGEM / TERAPIA INTENSIVA Year: 1991 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

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