End of life care in the ICU : from advanced disease to bereavement / edited by Graeme Rocker ... [et al.]. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xxvi, 375 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. - Oxford specialist handbooks in end of life care . - Oxford specialist handbooks in end of life care. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Improving palliative and end-of-life care -- Symptom control -- Caring for families in the ICU -- Cultural issues, spirituality, and hope -- Teamwork, relationships, and moral distress -- Legal issues and conflict resolution -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Withholding and withdrawal of life support -- Lessons learnt -- Personal stories and reflections -- Special situations -- Organ donation -- Research issues -- Web-based.

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Terminal care.
Intensive care units.
Palliative treatment.
Terminal Care.
Intensive Care Units.
Palliative Care.

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2010 D-468 WB 310 / E5565 2010