03201nam 2200673Ia 450 991045083070332120200520144314.01-281-09391-297866110939141-59213-337-1(CKB)1000000000339864(EBL)298876(OCoLC)476074951(SSID)ssj0000192036(PQKBManifestationID)11190048(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192036(PQKBWorkID)10196246(PQKB)11260375(MiAaPQ)EBC298876(OCoLC)166346380(MdBmJHUP)muse15376(Au-PeEL)EBL298876(CaPaEBR)ebr10180153(CaONFJC)MIL109391(EXLCZ)99100000000033986420040701d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLife and death in intensive care[electronic resource] /Joan CassellPhiladelphia Temple University Press20051 online resource (246 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59213-336-3 1-59213-335-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-228) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Moonscape: The Surgical Intensive Care Unit; 1 A Caring Ethic: Nurses and the Dilemma of Powerlessness; 2 The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: The Residents; 3 Diverse Universes of Medical Discourse: The Fellows; 4 The Attendings; 5 Is Death the Enemy, or Suffering?; 6 Confronting Death in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit; 7 Intensive Caring in New Zealand; 8 Going Gentle into that Good Night: Death in Auckland; 9 Focusing on the Bottom Line; 10 The Dominion of Death; Appendix "Hard" Science, "Soft" Science, Social Science: The Anxiety of MethodsNotesReferences; IndexLife and Death in Intensive Care offers a unique portrait of the surgical intensive care unit (SICU), the place in medical centers and hospitals where patients with the gravest medical conditions-from comas to terminal illness-are treated. Author Joan Cassell employs the concept of ""moral economies"" to explain the dilemmas that patients, families, and medical staff confront in treatment. Drawing upon her fieldwork conducted in both the United States and New Zealand, Cassell compares the moral outlooks and underlying principles of SICU nurses, residents, intensivists, and surgeonsCritical care medicineNew ZealandCritical care medicineUnited StatesSurgical intensive careNew ZealandSurgical intensive careUnited StatesElectronic books.Critical care medicineCritical care medicineSurgical intensive careSurgical intensive care617/.919Cassell Joan883216MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450830703321Life and death in intensive care1972886UNINA