抄録
The Ethics Committee of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine announces the results of the questionnaires sent out to 75 trustees. The questionnaire includes important ethical problems on the end of life care in the intensive care unit (ICU), and the results have been fully discussed at the 33rd Annual Congress of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine being held in Osaka on March 2006. The Ethics Committee believes this announcement has a great significance to all members of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine.