Where do we go from here? A palliative care perspective

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Byock, Ira ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Continuity of care; Critical care; Family care; Intensive care; Moral distress; Palliative care; Spiritual care; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPIRITUAL CARE; WELLBEING;

BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 33750353309     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000237345.62823.82     Document Type: Conference Paper

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