Managing Death in the Intensive Care Unit The Transition from Cure to Comfort

This volume reviews the state of the art in caring for patients dying in the ICU, focusing on both clinical aspects of managing pain and other symptoms, as well as ethical and societal issues that affect the standards of care received. The book also addresses the changing epidemiology of death in th...

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Tác giả chính: Curtis, J. Randall
Tác giả khác: by J. Randall Curtis; Gordon D. Rubenfeld
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English
Được phát hành: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2001
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Tóm tắt:This volume reviews the state of the art in caring for patients dying in the ICU, focusing on both clinical aspects of managing pain and other symptoms, as well as ethical and societal issues that affect the standards of care received. The book also addresses the changing epidemiology of death in this setting related to managed care, practical skills needed to provide the highest quality of care to terminal patients, communicating with patients and families, the mechanics of withdrawing life-supporting therapies, and the essential role of palliative care.....
Mô tả vật lý:viii, 385 p.
ill.
24 cm
số ISBN:0891349987
9780891349983