Palliative care for patients with respiratory diseases and critical illnesses
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An official American Thoracic Society clinical policy statement: palliative care for patients with respiratory diseases and critical illnesses.
Executive Summary Introduction Methods Goals, Timing, and Settings for Palliative Care Decision-making Process Advance Directives Care Planning and Delivery Hospice Care Alternative End-of-Life Decisions Symptom Management Dyspnea Management Pain Management Management of Psychological and Spiritual Distress and Suffering Withdrawal of Mechanical Ventilation Process of Decision Making Process of...
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عنوان ژورنال: PULMONOLOGIYA
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2541-9617,0869-0189
DOI: 10.18093/0869-0189-2009-0-1-11-31