Managing Death in the ICU
Subtitle: The Transition from Cure to Comfort
Contributors: J. Randall Curtis (Editor); Gordon D. Rubenfeld (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: December 15, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780195128819
First sentence: In the medical professions and among the lay public, there is growing concern that excessive resources are used to provide unwanted life-sustaining medical care for patients at the end of their lives.