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Three Patients
International Perspective on Intensive Care at the End of Life
ISBN/EAN: 9781461353140
Umbreit-Nr.: 5524664
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: XIX, 278 S., 1 s/w Illustr.
Format in cm:
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 07.12.2012
Auflage: 1/2002
- Zusatztext
- This volume explores how the scarce resources of intensive care units should be distributed. Three hypothetical patients, each with a different chance of survival, desire intensive care. A multinational panel of experienced critical care physicians offers assessments of the patients' conditions and outlines approaches to treatment. These approaches are then examined by academic medical experts and a medical ethicist, as well as from a legal perspective. The result is a well-rounded and introspective look at care for critically ill patients at or near the end of life.