[Patients at the end of life in the intensive care unit : Cultural aspects of accompaniment.]

[Patients at the end of life in the intensive care unit : Cultural aspects of accompaniment.]
Anaesthesist. 2013 May 10;
Authors: Grom IU, Vagts DA, Kampa U, Pfeiffer G, Schreiber-Winzig L, Wiese CH, Expertengruppe Palliativ- und Notfallmedizin Akademie für Palliativmedizin und Hospizarbeit Dresden
Abstract
The accompaniment of people in the face of death offers insights into dimensions which are mostly not seen in ordinary life. These insights also exist in intensive care in German hospitals and are highly relevant in medical decision making. End-of-life decisions in particular often determine medical, cultural and spiritual aspects concerning medical treatment and therapeutic targets and if necessary new therapy targets. The following article especially illuminates cultural aspects and their characteristics in patients at the end of life in the intensive care unit.
PMID: 23657536 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Der Anaesthesist - May 10, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Grom IU, Vagts DA, Kampa U, Pfeiffer G, Schreiber-Winzig L, Wiese CH, Expertengruppe Palliativ- und Notfallmedizin Akademie für Palliativmedizin und Hospizarbeit Dresden Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research