Integrating Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 180-187

  Strand, Jacob J ^a,b   Billings, J Andrew ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CARCINOMATOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; EMPATHY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVER METASTASIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 84866026501     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: 1879596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suponc.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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