Managing Death in the ICU: The Transition from Cure to Comfort

  1. John Hansen-Flaschen, MD
  1. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Curtis JR and Rubenfeld GD, eds. 388 pages. Oxford: Oxford Univ Pr; 2001. $59.95. ISBN 0195128818. Order phone 800-451-7556.

    Format: Hardcover book.

    Audience: Clinicians who work in intensive care units (ICUs), including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and hospital chaplains; bioethicists; and legal scholars who seek a clinical perspective on end-of-life care in ICUs.

    Purpose: This book offers a comprehensive, contemporary perspective on palliative and terminal care in ICUs, with focus on practical issues of decision making, problem solving, …

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