Concepedia

Withholding and Withdrawal of Life Support from Critically Ill Patients

John M. Luce, Thomas A. Raffin

CHEST Journal · 1988 · 53 citations · 30 references

Concepts

NursingCritical Care NursingCritical Care MedicineEnd-of-life CarePalliative CareBasic Life SupportEnd-of-life Decision MakingEthical Issues In End-of-life CareWithdrawing Life-sustaining TreatmentWithdrawing TreatmentWithholding TreatmentCritical Care Supportive TherapyRefusal Of Life-sustaining TreatmentUse Of Life-sustaining TreatmentWithdrawal Of Life SupportWithdrawal Of Life-sustaining Therapy

References

30

Survival after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Hospital

Susanna E. Bedell, Thomas L. Delbanco, E. Francis Cook et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1983 · 871 citations

Health Professions, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medicine +15

The Physician's Responsibility toward Hopelessly Ill Patients

Adelstein Sj, Daniel D. Federman, Peter Šafář et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1984 · 439 citations

Nursing, Health Law, Health Policy +17

Guidelines for the Determination of Death

JAMA · 1981 · 410 citations

Medicine, Neurology, Surgery +8

Must We Always Use CPR?

Leslie Blackhall · New England Journal of Medicine · 1987 · 392 citations

Health Professions, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine +6

Failure of Intensive Care Unit Support to Influence Mortality From Pneumococcal Bacteremia

Edward W. Hook · JAMA · 1983 · 258 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +13