Attaining Good End-of-Life Care in Intensive Care Units in Taiwan—The Dilemma And the Strategy

Autor: Shih-Yi Lee, Chung-Lieh Hung, Jun-Hua Lee, Shou-Chuan Shih, Yu-Ling Weng, Wen-Han Chang, Yueh-Hsiu Ho, Wen-Chu Huang, Yuen-Liang Lai
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: International Journal of Gerontology, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 26-30 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1873-9598
DOI: 10.1016/S1873-9598(09)70017-1
Popis: One of the major challenges for intensivists is resolving the conflicting interests in end-of-life care. We reviewed patients' characteristics in an intensive care unit to determine the major barriers of practicing good end-of-life care and the medical ethics involved for the care team to resolve these conflicts.
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