LEADER 03175nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910784275303321 005 20230919212028.0 010 $a1-281-09391-2 010 $a9786611093914 010 $a1-59213-337-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000339864 035 $a(EBL)298876 035 $a(OCoLC)476074951 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000192036 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11190048 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192036 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10196246 035 $a(PQKB)11260375 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC298876 035 $a(OCoLC)166346380 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15376 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL298876 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10180153 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL109391 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000339864 100 $a20040701d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLife and death in intensive care /$fJoan Cassell 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cTemple University Press,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 233 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-59213-336-3 311 0 $a1-59213-335-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-228) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Methods; Notes; References; Index 330 $aLife 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 surgeons 606 $aCritical care medicine$zNew Zealand 606 $aCritical care medicine$zUnited States 606 $aSurgical intensive care$zNew Zealand 606 $aSurgical intensive care$zUnited States 615 0$aCritical care medicine 615 0$aCritical care medicine 615 0$aSurgical intensive care 615 0$aSurgical intensive care 676 $a617/.919 700 $aCassell$b Joan$01546119 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784275303321 996 $aLife and death in intensive care$93801471 997 $aUNINA