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Decisions about the end of life. Who decides? |
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| Authors: |
Nakos, Georgios Karachaliou, Angeliki Kitsakos, Athanasios Koulouras, Vasileios Kostanti, Eleonora Lachana, Alexandra Papathanakos, Georgios Papathanasiou, Athanasios Stamati, Vasiliki Tigkas, Stylianos Tsagkaris, Iraklis |
| Reviewer: |
Armaganidis, Apostolos |
| Subject: | MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > CLINICAL MEDICINE > THERAPEUTICS > CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > INTERNAL MEDICINE |
| Keywords: |
End Of Life
Quality Of Life Ethical Dilemmas |
| Description: | |
| Abstract: |
A major issue for health care providers in ICUs is the actions and the decisions for end of life in severe critically ill patients. In this chapter we discuss the basic principles and the ethical dilemmas addressing this issue.
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| Table of Contents: |
12.1 . Introduction
12.2. Who should make decisions about the end of life? 12.3. Epilogue Bibliography/References Evaluation criteria |
| Linguistic Editors: |
Koutsouki, Spyridoula |
| Technical Editors: |
Giannakeas, Nikolaos |
| Type: |
Chapter |
| Creation Date: | 2015 |
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| License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/888 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Nakos, G., Karachaliou, A., Kitsakos, A., Koulouras, V., Kostanti, E., Lachana, A., Papathanakos, G., Papathanasiou, A., Stamati, V., Tigkas, S., & Tsagkaris, I. (2015). Decisions about the end of life. Who decides? [Chapter]. In Nakos, G., Karachaliou, A., Kitsakos, A., Koulouras, V., Kostanti, E., Lachana, A., Papathanakos, G., Papathanasiou, A., Stamati, V., Tigkas, S., & Tsagkaris, I. 2015. Emergency treatment [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/888 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Is Part of: |
Emergency treatment |
| Number of pages |
6 |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |