Ethics roundtable: 'Open-ended ICU care: Can we afford it?'

Critical Care - Tập 14 - Trang 1-5 - 2010
David Crippen1, Dick Burrows2, Nino Stocchetti3, Stephan A Mayer4, Peter Andrews5, Tom Bleck6,7, Leslie Whetstine8
1Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA
2Dublin, Ireland
3Milan University, Terapia Intensiva Neuroscienze, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
4Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA
5Intensive Care Unit, Western General Hospital, Department of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
6Rush Medical College, USA
7Rush University Medical Center, USA
8Department of Philosophy, Walsh University, North Canton, USA

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