Sökning: "attitudes decision making guidelines Intensive care units interview life-sustaining treatment surveys valur premises medical training withdraw General practice withhold Allmän medicinsk utövning medicinsk utbildning"

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1. 1. Forgoing life-sustaining treatment in intensive care units. Practice, attitudes and ethics

   Författare :Gunilla Melltorp; Anestesiologi och intensivvård; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; decision making; attitudes; guidelines; Intensive care units; interview; life-sustaining treatment; surveys; valur premises; medical training; withdraw; General practice; withhold; Allmän medicinsk utövning; medicinsk utbildning;

   Sammanfattning : Many deaths in intensive care units are preceded by decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment. Under what conditions are forgoing life-sustaining treatment considered appropiate, when is it optitional and when is it wrong? Relevant guidelines are essential to help medical decisionmakers, but they cannot be established only from medical knowledge. LÄS MER