End-of-life decisions in intensive care units: Attitudes of physicians in an Italian urban setting

Alberto Giannini; Adriano Pessina; Enrico Maria Tacchi

doi:10.1007/s00134-003-1919-4

End-of-life decisions in intensive care units: Attitudes of physicians in an Italian urban setting

Alberto Giannini, Adriano Pessina, Enrico Maria Tacchi

Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda- Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the attitudes of physicians in Milan, Italy, intensive care units (ICUs) regarding end-of-life decisions. Design: Anonymous self-administered questionnaire. Setting: All 20 ICUs in Milan. Participants: Physicians employed in the ICUs. Measurements and results: The response rate was 87% (225 of 259). Eighty-two percent of respondents estimated that

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1902-1910
Number of pages	9
Journal	Intensive Care Medicine
Volume	29
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-1919-4
Publication status	Published - Nov 2003

Keywords

End-of-life decisions
Ethics
Intensive care
Life-sustaining treatments
Withdrawing treatment
Withholding treatment

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Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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