The value of uncertainty in critical illness? An ethnographic study of patterns and conflicts in care and decision-making trajectories

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Higginson, I J ^a   Rumble, C ^a   Shipman, C ^a   Koffman, J ^a   Sleeman, K E ^a   Morgan, M ^a   Hopkins, P ^b   Noble, J ^b   Bernal, W ^b   Leonard, S ^b   Dampier, O ^b   Prentice, W ^a   Burman, R ^a   Costantini, M ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical care; Decision making; DNACPR; End of life care; Intensive care unit; Palliative care; Pathways; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; UNCERTAINTY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960130150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12871-016-0177-2     Document Type: Article

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