Managing death in the ICU : the transition from cure to comfort / / edited by J. Randall Curtis, Gordon D. Rubenfeld

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807468603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
• ISBN: 0-19-770751-3; 1-280-83120-0; 9786610831203; 0-19-974779-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xvii, 388 p. : ill
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Altri autori (Persone): CurtisJ. Randall; RubenfeldGordon D
• Disciplina: 362.1/75
• Soggetti: Critical care medicine; Terminally ill - Services for; Intensive care units; Terminal care; Death - Psychological aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2000.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- PART I: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF DEATH IN THE ICU -- 1. Introducing the Concept of Managing Death in the ICU -- 2. The Changing Ethics of Death in the ICU -- 3. The Changing Nature of Death in the ICU -- 4. Making a Personal Relationship with Death -- PART II: THE DECISION TO LIMIT LIFE SUPPORT IN THE ICU -- 5. Outcome Prediction in the ICU -- 6. Transdisciplinary Research to Understand the Role of Bias and Heuristics -- 7. The Role of Quality of Life and Health Status in Making Decisions about Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatments in the ICU -- 8. Advance Care Planning in the Outpatient and ICU Setting -- PART III: PRACTICAL SKILLS NEEDED TO MANAGE DEATH IN THE ICU -- 9. How to Discuss Dying and Death in the ICU -- 10. Pain and Symptom Control in the Dying ICU Patient -- 11. Principles and Practice of Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment in the ICU -- 12. The Role of Critical Care Nurses in Providing and Managing End-of-Life Care -- 13. Helping ; Families Prepare for and Cope with a Death in the ICU -- 14. Helping the Clinician Cope with Death in the ICU -- 15. The Interface of Technology and Spirituality in the ICU -- 16. The Role of the Physician in Sacred End-of-Life Rituals in the ICU -- PART IV: SOCIETAL ISSUES -- 17. The Roles of Ethnicity, Race, Religion, and Socioeconomic Status in End-of-Life Care in the ICU -- 18. Legal Liability Anxieties in the ICU -- 19. Economics of Managing Death in the ICU -- 20. Organizational Change and Improving the Quality of Palliative Care in the ICU -- 21. An International Perspective on Death in the ICU -- PART V: SPECIFIC DISEASES AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS -- 22. AIDS -- 23. Cancer -- 24. Congestive Heart Failure -- 25. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- 26. Decisions to Limit Intensive Care in Patients with Coma -- 27. Special Concerns for Infants and Children.; 28. Special Concerns for the Very Old -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume reviews the state of the art in caring for patients dying in the ICU, focusing on both the clinical aspects of managing pain and other symptoms, as well as ethical and societal issues that affect the standards of care received.