Physicians' experience in decisions of withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments: A multicenter survey into emergency departments

Affiliations

¹ Hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital Lyon sud, service d'accueil des urgences, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France; UMR 7268 ADéS Aix-Marseille université, EFS, CNRS, efaculté de médecine de Marseille , hôpital adultes La Timone, 27, boulevard Jean-Moulin 13005 Marseille, France. Electronic address: marion.douplat@chu-lyon.fr.
² Hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital Édouard-Herriot, service d'accueil des urgences, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon, France. Electronic address: Laurent.jacquin@chu-lyon.fr.
³ Hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital Édouard-Herriot, service d'accueil des urgences, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon, France. Electronic address: karim.tazarourte@chu-lyon.fr.
⁴ Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, hôpital de la Timone, service d'accueil des urgences, 265, rue Saint-Pierre, 13005 Marseille, France. Electronic address: pierre.michelet@ap-hm.fr.
⁵ UMR 7268 ADéS Aix-Marseille université, EFS, CNRS, efaculté de médecine de Marseille , hôpital adultes La Timone, 27, boulevard Jean-Moulin 13005 Marseille, France. Electronic address: pierre.le-coz@univ-amu.fr.

Marion Douplat et al. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;37(6):633-634.

doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2018.09.007. Epub 2018 Sep 27.

¹ Hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital Lyon sud, service d'accueil des urgences, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France; UMR 7268 ADéS Aix-Marseille université, EFS, CNRS, efaculté de médecine de Marseille , hôpital adultes La Timone, 27, boulevard Jean-Moulin 13005 Marseille, France. Electronic address: marion.douplat@chu-lyon.fr.
² Hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital Édouard-Herriot, service d'accueil des urgences, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon, France. Electronic address: Laurent.jacquin@chu-lyon.fr.
³ Hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital Édouard-Herriot, service d'accueil des urgences, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon, France. Electronic address: karim.tazarourte@chu-lyon.fr.
⁴ Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, hôpital de la Timone, service d'accueil des urgences, 265, rue Saint-Pierre, 13005 Marseille, France. Electronic address: pierre.michelet@ap-hm.fr.
⁵ UMR 7268 ADéS Aix-Marseille université, EFS, CNRS, efaculté de médecine de Marseille , hôpital adultes La Timone, 27, boulevard Jean-Moulin 13005 Marseille, France. Electronic address: pierre.le-coz@univ-amu.fr.

No abstract available

Keywords: Emergency departments; Withdrawing; Withholding.

Comment in

The deliberate clinical inertia, a source of professional satisfaction for the end-of-life decision-makers?
Nicolas-Robin A. Nicolas-Robin A. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2018 Dec;37(6):531-532. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2018.10.007. Epub 2018 Oct 19. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2018. PMID: 30347251 No abstract available.
Reply letter to: Physician's experience in decisions of withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments: A multicenter survey in emergency departments.
Lamblin A, Derkenne C. Lamblin A, et al. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2019 Oct;38(5):517. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2019.01.010. Epub 2019 Feb 5. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2019. PMID: 30731140 No abstract available.
Answer to the reply letter to: Physician's experience in decisions of withholding, withdrawing life-sustaining treatments: A multicentre survey in emergency departments.
Douplat M, Jacquin L, Tazarourte K, Le Coz P. Douplat M, et al. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2019 Oct;38(5):519-520. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2019.02.006. Epub 2019 Feb 23. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2019. PMID: 30807877 No abstract available.

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