- Free from Publisher Y Saunders, JR Ross, J Riley - BMJ: British Medical Journal, 2003 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov A 19 year old man was diagnosed with rhabdomyosar- coma of the prostate with lung metastases
and bone marrow disease. He was treated with four chemothera- peutic regimens. Although
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- ►villanova.edu [PDF] JL Bernat, LM Peterson - Archives of Surgery, 2006 - Am Med Assoc Objectives To review the medical, ethical, and legal basis of the doctrine of informed consent
for surgery and its complications, particularly for an incapacitated patient who requires a surrogate
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A Mirza, R Kad, NM Ellison - American Journal of Hospice and …, 2005 - ajh.sagepub.com Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is routinely performed on pa- tients who develop cardiopulmonary
arrest in the hospital. In some situa- tions, it is performed on terminally or critically ill patients
where death is predicted to be inevitable despite CPR. Since prior consent is not required ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - All 3 versions
I Care, P Therapy, I Torino - Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica - interscience.wiley.com Methods: A bibliographic database search from 1990 to 2006 was performed using the following
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KK Guarisco - Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2004 - Elsevier Perianesthesia care often involves the use of pharmacologically potent drugs, increasing the
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MD Siegel - Clinics in chest medicine, 2009 - palliativecare.yale.edu Twenty percent of deaths in the United States follow admission to an ICU,1 often in association
with decisions to forego life support.2 In recent years, end-of-life decision making has become
a key feature of critical care practice.3–7 Unfortunately, numerous shortcomings afflict ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 38 versions
NME Bradley, E Sinclair, C Danjoux, EA … - Current …, 2006 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Patients with symptomatic metastases referred for outpatient palliative radiotherapy for symptom
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KA Ball - AORN Journal, 2009 - Elsevier In 1991, Congress passed the Patient Self-Determination Act to protect the rights of United States
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- ►oxfordjournals.org S Workman - Qjm, 2006 - Oxford Univ Press Imagine you have a choice. Tomorrow, you can either be dead, or you can choose a 1% chance
of survival. For most of us, it's an easy decision; the odds of survival aren't good, but they are
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