The teleo-affective limits of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 845-857

  Iedema, Rick ^a,b,d   Sorensen, Roslyn ^c   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a,b   Flabouris, Arthas ^a   Turnbull, Liz ^a  

^a Univ N   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Death and dying; End of life decision making; Heedful inter relating; Intensive care units; Teleo affectivity

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 9744273933     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.06.024     Document Type: Article

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