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