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 |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1902-1910 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Intensive Care Medicine |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2003 |
Keywords
- End-of-life decisions
- Ethics
- Intensive care
- Life-sustaining treatments
- Withdrawing treatment
- Withholding treatment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
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Giannini, A., Pessina, A., & Tacchi, E. M. (2003). End-of-life decisions in intensive care units: Attitudes of physicians in an Italian urban setting. Intensive Care Medicine, 29(11), 1902-1910. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-1919-4