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- Title
The ten barriers to appropriate management of patients at the end of their life.
- Authors
Hillman, Ken; Cardona-Morrell, Magnolia
- Abstract
The article discusses the potential barriers encountered by intensivists in managing the end-of-life (EoL) transition. Topics covered include the unreal expectations of people like those who are constantly fed stories of medical miracles, the failure to discuss dying and aging, and medical education and training. Also mentioned are legal pressures and medical specialization.
- Subjects
TERMINAL care; CRITICAL care medicine; MEDICAL education; MEDICAL specialties &; specialists; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2015, Vol 41, Issue 9, p1700
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-015-3712-6