Three Patients - International Perspective on Intensive Care at the End of Life

出版者:Springer

作者:Crippen, David (EDT)/ Kilcullen, Jack K. (EDT)/ Kelly, David F. (EDT)

页数:304

出版时间:2002-3-31

价格:USD 228.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780792376712

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.