| Description |
xx, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Malcom Fisher -- Preface / by David W. Crippen -- Introduction / Jean-Louis Vincent, and Arino Yaguchi -- 1. Multinational perspectives on end-of-life issues in the intensive care unit. The United States / Mark A. Mazer -- Canada / Randy S. Wax -- New Zealand / Stephen Streat -- United Kingdom / Nicholas Macartney -- Communicating to family: the Israeli perspective / Aviel Roy-Shapira -- Maria and the good death: the Latin American view / Claudia V.M. Teles -- The Greek perspective / Antonios Liolios -- The South African perspective / Richard Eric Hodgson -- A perspective from India / Farhad N. Kapadia -- Japan / Satoru Hashimoto -- 2. Critical illness and end-of-life issues: a global view. An evaluation of international medical ethics at the end of life / Errington C. Thompson -- Communication in the intensive care unit / Richard Burrows -- End-of-life issues in the critically ill: a global perspective / Donald B. Chalfin -- 3. Death in a lonely place: pathophysiology of the dying patient / Mike Darwin, and Phil Hopkins -- 4. The history of the definition(s) of death: from the 18th century to the 20th century / Leslie M. Whetstine -- 5. What it feels like to live and die on prolonged life support / Justin Engleka -- 6. Who's in charge in the intensive care unit? / Anthony L. DeWitt -- |
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7. Dealing with difficult surrogates. Erring on the side of autonomy / David W. Crippen -- Erring on the side of reason / Stephen Streat -- Healthcare providers' contribution to the problem of futility / Robert M. Arnold -- 8. Emotions in the intensive care unit / Ilene L. Dillon -- 9. The role of ethics committees in end-of-life care / Dan R. Thompson -- 10. Medical liability issues in dealing with critical care patients in the end-of-life situation / Robert A. Fink -- 11. End-of-life issues and United States politics / Errington C. Thompson -- 12. Comments from ancillary cealthcare providers. My experiences with end-of-life as a bedside nurse / Amy Seligman -- A chaplain's perspective / Leslie Beckhart Jenal -- Pharmacotherapy considerations during end-of-life care of critically ill adults / Amy Roach, and Ted L. Rice -- 13. The intensive care unit of the future / Mike Darwin, and Brian Wowk -- Afterword / David W. Crippen |
| Summary |
Publisher's description: Talking to patients and their families about end-of-life issues can be difficult and stressful. End of Life Communication in the ICU looks at ways different cultures view death and then further explores how health care providers around the world communicate about such sensitive issues as withholding or withdrawing life support and discussing options when the outcome is uncertain. Through a better understanding of cultural differences in attitudes about death and methods of communications about end-of-life issues, practitioners can be better prepared to communicate with their own patients and their patient's families |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Communication in medicine -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Critical care medicine -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Medical personnel and patient -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Terminal care -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Death.
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Intensive Care Units.
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Terminal Care -- methods.
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Attitude to Death.
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Communication.
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Critical Care -- psychology.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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Physician-Patient Relations.
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| Author |
Crippen, David, 1943- editor
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| LC no. |
2007931623 |
| ISBN |
0387729658 (hbk. : acidfree paper) |
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9780387729657 (hbk. : acidfree paper) |
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