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1 online resource (xvii, 388 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introducing the concept of managing death in the ICU -- Ch. 2. The changing ethics of death in the ICU -- Ch. 3. The changing nature of death in the ICU -- Ch. 4. Making a personal relationship with death -- Ch. 5. Outcome prediction in the ICU -- Ch. 6. Transdisciplinary research to understand the role of bias and heuristics -- Ch. 7. The role of quality of life and health status in making decisions about withdrawing life-sustaining treatments in the ICU -- Ch. 8. Advance care planning in the outpatient and ICU setting -- Ch. 9. How to discuss dying and death in the ICU -- Ch. 10. Pain and symptom control in the dying ICU patient -- Ch. 11. Principles and practice of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment in the ICU -- Ch. 12. The role of critical care nurses in providing and managing end-of-life care -- Ch. 13. Helping families prepare for and cope with a death in the ICU -- Ch. 14. Helping the clinician cope with death in the ICU -- Ch. 15. The Interface of technology and spirituality in the ICU. |
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Ch. 16. The role of the physician in sacred end-of-life rituals in the ICU -- Ch. 17. The roles of ethnicity, race, religion, and socioeconomic status in end-of-life care in the ICU -- Ch. 18. Legal liability anxieties in the ICU -- 19. Economics of managing death in the ICU -- Ch. 20. Organizational change and improving the quality of palliative care in the ICU -- Ch. 21. An international perspective on death in the ICU -- Ch. 22. AIDS -- Ch. 23. Cancer -- Ch. 24. Congestive heart failure -- Ch. 25. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Ch. 26. Decisions to limit intensive care in patients with coma -- Ch. 27. Special concerns for infants and children -- Ch. 28. Special concerns for the very old. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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| Summary |
This volume reviews the state of the art in caring for patients dying in the ICU, focusing on both clinical aspects of managing pain and other symptoms, as well as ethical and societal issues that affect the standards of care recieved, The book also addresses the changing epidemiology of death in this setting related to managed care, practical skills needed to provide the highest quality of care to terminal patients, communicating with patients and families, the mechanics of withdrawing life supporting therapies, and the essential role of palliative care specialists in the ICU. The book briefly describes unique issues that arise when caring for patients with some of the more common diseases that preciptate death in the ICU. Contributors for the book were chosed because they have experience caring for patients in the ICU, and are also doing current research to find ways to improve care for terminal patients in this setting. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Intensive care units.
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Intensive care units. |
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Terminally ill -- Services for.
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Terminally ill -- Services for. |
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Terminally ill. |
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Terminally ill -- Care.
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Terminally ill -- Care. |
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Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Death -- Psychological aspects. |
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Critical Care -- psychology. |
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Terminal Care -- methods. |
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Adaptation, Psychological. |
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Attitude to Death. |
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Intensive Care Units. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Curtis, J. Randall.
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Rubenfeld, Gordon D.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Managing death in the ICU. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 (OCoLC)606560698 |
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Print version: Managing death in the ICU. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 9780195128819 (DLC) 00022182 (OCoLC)46395078 |
| ISBN |
9780199747795 (electronic book) |
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0199747792 (electronic book) |
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1280831200 |
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9781280831201 |
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0195128818 (Cloth) |
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9780195128819 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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