An official American Thoracic Society clinical policy statement: palliative care for patients with respiratory diseases and critical illnesses

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Apr 15;177(8):912-27. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200605-587ST.

Authors

Paul N Lanken, Peter B Terry, Horace M Delisser, Bonnie F Fahy, John Hansen-Flaschen, John E Heffner, Mitchell Levy, Richard A Mularski, Molly L Osborne, Thomas J Prendergast, Graeme Rocker, William J Sibbald, Benjamin Wilfond, James R Yankaskas; ATS End-of-Life Care Task Force

Collaborators

ATS End-of-Life Care Task Force:
Paul N Lanken, Peter B Terry, Horace M Delisser, Bonnie F Fahy, John Hansen-Flaschen, John E Heffner, Mitchell Levy, Richard A Mularski, Molly L Osborne, Thomas J Prendergast, Graeme Rocker, William J Sibbald, Benjamin Wilfond, James R Yankaskas

PMID: 18390964
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200605-587ST

No abstract available

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Advance Directives
Critical Care / standards*
Critical Illness / therapy*
Dyspnea / drug therapy
Hospice Care / standards*
Humans
Pain / drug therapy
Palliative Care / standards*
Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy*
Withholding Treatment / standards*