Broschiertes Buch

Three Patients

International Perspective on Intensive Care at the End of Life

Herausgegeben: Crippen, David W.; Kilcullen, Jack K.; Kelly, David F.

Beschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4613-5314-0
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition 2002
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9781461353140
• ISBN-10: 1461353149
• Artikelnr.: 39163168

Rezensionen

"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)