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End-of-Life Communication in the ICU David W. Crippen

End-of-Life Communication in the ICU By David W. Crippen

End-of-Life Communication in the ICU by David W. Crippen


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Summary

By offering a better understanding of cultural differences in attitudes about death and methods of communications about end-of-life issues, the coverage in this important book helps prepare healthcare practitioners to be better communicators both within and outside of their own cultures.

End-of-Life Communication in the ICU Summary

End-of-Life Communication in the ICU: A Global Perspective by David W. Crippen

Talking to patients and their families about end-of-life issues can be difficult and stressful. This book 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. By offering a better understanding of cultural differences in attitudes about death and methods of communications about end-of-life issues, the coverage in this important book helps prepare healthcare practitioners to be better communicators both within and outside of their own cultures.

End-of-Life Communication in the ICU Reviews

From the reviews:

"This is multiauthored collection of perspectives on medical futility, its communication, and its management in the critical care setting. Senior staff, fellows, and residents at all levels are an appropriate audience for this work which originates from a multinational set of authors with an interest in end-of-life care." (David J. Dries, Doody's Review Service, February, 2008)

"The book chronicles a wide range of views from practitioners, ethicists, historians, scientists, health care administrators, and consumers from around the world and examines how these interactions affect global health care delivery. The book is loosely organized into brief chapters that capture multinational perspectives on end-of-life care, resource management in critical care, and ethics. offers the reader a cultural tour of end-of-life communication practices through the eyes of frontline practitioners." (Elaine C. Meyer, JAMA, October, 2008)

Table of Contents

Multinational perspective on end of life issues in the ICU.- Critical illness and end of life issues: a global view.- Death in a lonely place: pathophysiology of the dying patient.- History of the definitions of death: 18th to 20th century.- What it feels like to live and die on life support.- Who is in charge of the ICU?.- Communicating with the difficult family.- Emotions in the ICU.- Role of the ethics committee in end of life care.- Medical liability issues.- End of life issues vs. politics.- Comments from ancillary healthcare providers.- ICU of the future

Additional information

NPB9780387729657
9780387729657
0387729658
End-of-Life Communication in the ICU: A Global Perspective by David W. Crippen
New
Hardback
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2007-11-30
180
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