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End-of-Life Decision-Making in Intensive Care Ten Years after a Law on Advance Directives in Germany

Background and Objectives: Mortality on Intensive Care Units (ICUs) is high and death frequently occurs after decisions to limit life-sustaining therapies. An advance directive is a tool meant to preserve patient autonomy by guiding anticipated future treatment decisions once decision-making capacit...

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Autores principales: Graw, Jan A., Marsch, Fanny, Spies, Claudia D., Francis, Roland C. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8468200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34577853
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57090930