Documentation of best interest by intensivists: a retrospective study in an Ontario critical care unit

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[2] Downar J(2009)The clinical course of advanced dementia N Engl J Med 361 1529-1538

[3] Hawryluck L(2001)Hospital policy on appropriate use of life-sustaining treatment. University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics/Critical Care Medicine Program Task Force Crit Care Med 29 187-191

[4] Mitchell SL(2009)The practice of and documentation on withholding and withdrawing life support: a retrospective study in two Dutch intensive care units Anesth Analg 109 841-846

[5] Teno JM(2007)Prognostication during physician-family discussions about limiting life support in intensive care units Crit Care Med 35 442-448

[6] Kiely DK(2000)Communication, negotiation, and mediation: dealing with conflict in end-of-life decisions J Palliat Care 16 S17-23

[7] Shaffer ML(1990)High agreement but low kappa: I. The problems of two paradoxes J Clin Epidemiol 43 543-549

[8] Jones RN(1990)High agreement but low kappa: II. Resolving the paradoxes J Clin Epidemiol 43 551-558

[9] Prigerson HG(2000)Interobserver variation in interpreting chest radiographs for the diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome Am J Respir Crit Care Med 161 85-90

[10] Volicer L(2003)Impact of a Proactive Approach to Improve End-of-Life Care in a Medical ICU Chest 123 266-1172

[1] Sibbald R(2007)Perceptions of "futile care" among caregivers in intensive care units CMAJ 177 1201-1208

[2] Downar J(2009)The clinical course of advanced dementia N Engl J Med 361 1529-1538

[3] Hawryluck L(2001)Hospital policy on appropriate use of life-sustaining treatment. University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics/Critical Care Medicine Program Task Force Crit Care Med 29 187-191

[4] Mitchell SL(2009)The practice of and documentation on withholding and withdrawing life support: a retrospective study in two Dutch intensive care units Anesth Analg 109 841-846

[5] Teno JM(2007)Prognostication during physician-family discussions about limiting life support in intensive care units Crit Care Med 35 442-448

[6] Kiely DK(2000)Communication, negotiation, and mediation: dealing with conflict in end-of-life decisions J Palliat Care 16 S17-23

[7] Shaffer ML(1990)High agreement but low kappa: I. The problems of two paradoxes J Clin Epidemiol 43 543-549

[8] Jones RN(1990)High agreement but low kappa: II. Resolving the paradoxes J Clin Epidemiol 43 551-558

[9] Prigerson HG(2000)Interobserver variation in interpreting chest radiographs for the diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome Am J Respir Crit Care Med 161 85-90

[10] Volicer L(2003)Impact of a Proactive Approach to Improve End-of-Life Care in a Medical ICU Chest 123 266-1172