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Limiting life-sustaining treatment in German intensive care units: a multiprofessional survey
Journal
Journal of critical care
Volume
25
Number
3
Pages / Article-Number
413-9
Keywords
End-of-life decisions, Intensive care, Critical care, Withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining treatment, Communication, Documentation
Abstract
Deciding about the limitation of life-sustaining treatment (LST) is a major challenge for intensive care medicine. The aim of the study was to investigate the practices and perspectives of German intensive care nurses and physicians on limiting LST.
