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Three Patients: International Perspective on Intensive Care at the End of Life
David W. Crippen (Ed.)
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Description for Three Patients: International Perspective on Intensive Care at the End of Life
Hardcover. Explores how the scarce resources of intensive care units should be distributed. A multinational panel of experienced critical care physicians offers assessments of the patients' conditions and outlines approaches to treatment. These approaches are examined by academic medical experts and a medical ethicist, as well as from a legal perspective. Editor(s): Crippen, David W.; Kilcullen, Jack K.; Kelly, David F. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MMKL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1330.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
1329g
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792376712
SKU
V9780792376712
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99-15
Reviews for Three Patients: International Perspective on Intensive Care at the End of Life
this book provides a very interesting and stimulating dialogue on the increasingly complex end-of-life issues that are so relevant to the practice of intensive care medicine. (Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, October (2002)