Managing Death in the Intensive Care Unit: The Transition from Cure to Comfort

Ch. 1. Introducing The Concept Of Managing Death In The Icu -- Ch. 2. The Changing Ethics Of Death In The Icu -- Ch. 3. The Changing Nature Of Death In The Icu -- Ch. 4. Making A Personal Relationship With Death -- Ch. 5. Outcome Prediction In The Icu -- Ch. 6. Transdisciplinary Research To Understand The Role Of Bias And Heuristics -- Ch. 7. The Role Of Quality Of Life And Health Status In Making Decisions About Withdrawing Life-sustaining Treatments In The Icu -- Ch. 8. Advance Care Planning In The Outpatient And Icu Setting -- Ch. 9. How To Discuss Dying And Death In The Icu -- Ch. 10. Pain And Symptom Control In The Dying Icu Patient -- Ch. 11. Principles And Practice Of Withdrawing Life-sustaining Treatment In The Icu -- Ch. 12. The Role Of Critical Care Nurses In Providing And Managing End-of-life Care -- Ch. 13. Helping Families Prepare For And Cope With A Death In The Icu -- Ch. 14. Helping The Clinician Cope With Death In The Icu -- Ch. 15. The Interface Of Technology And Spirituality In The Icu. Ch. 16. The Role Of The Physician In Sacred End-of-life Rituals In The Icu -- Ch. 17. The Roles Of Ethnicity, Race, Religion, And Socioeconomic Status In End-of-life Care In The Icu -- Ch. 18. Legal Liability Anxieties In The Icu -- 19. Economics Of Managing Death In The Icu -- Ch. 20. Organizational Change And Improving The Quality Of Palliative Care In The Icu -- Ch. 21. An International Perspective On Death In The Icu -- Ch. 22. Aids -- Ch. 23. Cancer -- Ch. 24. Congestive Heart Failure -- Ch. 25. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Ch. 26. Decisions To Limit Intensive Care In Patients With Coma -- Ch. 27. Special Concerns For Infants And Children -- Ch. 28. Special Concerns For The Very Old. Edited By J. Randall Curtis, Gordon D. Rubenfeld. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.