At the coalface--medical ethics in practice. Futility and death in paediatric medical intensive care
We have conducted a retrospective study of deaths on a paediatric medical intensive care unit over a two-year period and reviewed similar series from outside the UK. There were 89 deaths out of 651 admission (13.7% mortality). In almost two-thirds of the cases death occurred with a decision to limit...
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BMJ Publ.
1996
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1996, Volume: 22, Issue: 5, Pages: 279-281 |
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