End-of-life decisions in intensive care units: attitudes of physicians in an Italian urban setting
End-of-life decisions in intensive care units: attitudes of physicians in an Italian urban setting
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DOI:
10.1007/s00134-003-1919-4
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发表时间:
2003-11-01
影响因子:
38.9
通讯作者:
Tacchi, EM
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作者:
Giannini, A;Pessina, A;Tacchi, EM
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