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End-of-Life Communication in the ICU: A Global Perspective
Edited by David W. Crippen
180 pp, $79.95
New York, NY, Springer Science-Business Media, 2008
ISBN-13:978-0-3877-2965-7
JAMA. 2008;300(14):1704-1705.
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End-of-Life Communication in the ICU: A Global Perspective is the creative brainchild of David W. Crippen, with contributions from the Critical Care Medicine-List, an Internet community of intensive care practitioners. Dr Crippen queried members of the global medical village about communication issues that impact treatment care plans for patients at the end of life in intensive care units. The book chronicles a wide range of views from practitioners, ethicists, historians, scientists, health care administrators, and consumers from around the world and examines how these interactions affect global health care delivery. The book is loosely organized into brief chapters that capture multinational perspectives on end-of-life care, resource management in critical care, and ethics. Chapters vary considerably in their writing style, degree of scholarship, and focus on communication.
Although universal agreement seems likely that a shared decision-making approach is desirable at the end of life, and despite increasing openness and published guidelines, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Elaine C. Meyer, PhD, RN, Reviewer
Institute for Professionalism & Ethical Practice
Children's Hospital Boston
Department of Psychology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
elaine.meyer@tch.harvard.edu
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