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01-04-2005 | Editorial

End-of-life decisions in ICU and cultural specifities

Authors: Frédéric Pochard, Fekri Abroug

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 4/2005

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Many studies in intensive care units have reported end-of-life decision procedures and practices in Europe [1, 2] and the United States [3]. However, little is known about the frequency and characteristics of end-of-life practice in oriental countries where cultural values and religious influences differ from those of in North America and Europe. In the Intensive Care Medicine Yazigi et al. [4] now provide insights to the reality of end-of-life practice in their ICU in Lebanon, a study that presents a major complementary contribution to the medical end-of-life debate in intensive care. Authors report that one-half of the deaths in their ICU are related to a decision of withdrawal or withholding life-sustaining therapy. …

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Title: End-of-life decisions in ICU and cultural specifities
Authors: Frédéric Pochard
Fekri Abroug
Publication date: 01-04-2005
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 4/2005
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-2577-5

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