Internal Medicine
Researchers from University of California describe findings in internal medicine
Published in Drug Law Weekly, October 9th, 2007
According to a study from the United States, "Physicians in intensive care units have withdrawn life support in incapacitated patients who lack surrogate decision makers and advance directives, yet little is known about how often this occurs or under what circumstances. To determine the proportion of deaths in intensive care units that occur in patients who lack decision-making capacity and a surrogate and the process that physicians use to make these decisions."
"Multicenter, prospective cohort study. Intensive care units of 7 medical centers in 2004 to 2005. 3011 consecutive critically ill adults. Attending physicians completed a questionnaire about the...
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