The dying patient in the ICU: Role of the interdisciplinary team

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 525-540

  Baggs, Judith Gedney ^a   Norton, Sally A ^a   Schmitt, Madeline H ^a   Sellers, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DOCUMENTATION; ETHICS CONSULTATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 2942538324     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2004.03.008     Document Type: Review

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