The valuable contribution of spiritual care to end-of-life care in the ICU

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2131-2132

  Danis, Marion ^a   Pollack, John M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life care; family satisfaction; medical decision making; palliative care; religious and spiritual care

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; DYING; EDITORIAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84906345220     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000470     Document Type: Editorial

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