Items for "death and dying"

Integrating patients' nonmedical status in end-of-life decision making: Structuring communication through ‘conferencing’

This paper considers the nonmedical status of patients in end-of-life decisions. Considering nonmedical factors is not yet routine, particularly in decisions to withhold or withdraw treatment...

Keywords: death and dying, Intensive Care, family conferences, Communication, Decision Making, end-of-life care