Characteristics and Outcomes of Ethics Consultations in an Oncologic Intensive Care Unit

Conclusion: Our study showed that ethics consultations were helpful in resolving seemingly irreconcilable differences between the ICU team and the patients’ surrogates in the majority of cases. Additionally, these consultations identified the need for an increased provision of palliative care and chaplaincy visits for patients and their surrogates at the end of life.

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Source: Journal of Intensive Care Medicine - September 8, 2015 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Voigt, L. P., Rajendram, P., Shuman, A. G., Kamat, S., McCabe, M. S., Kostelecky, N., Pastores, S. M., Halpern, N. A. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research