Rationing in the intensive care unit: To disclose or disguise?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 261-266

  Young, Michael J ^a,d   Brown, Sydney E S ^a   Truog, Robert D ^a,b,c   Halpern, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; ICU; Professionalism; Rationing; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONALISM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DISCLOSURE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 84055160876     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31822d750d     Document Type: Article

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