Life and death in intensive care /

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A penetrating look at the values, systems, and life-and-death dramas in the world of the surgical intensive care unit.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cassell, Joan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Surgical intensive care > United States.
Surgical intensive care > New Zealand.
Critical care medicine > United States.
Critical care medicine > New Zealand.
Ethnology.
Cross-cultural studies.
Critical Care > psychology
Anthropology, Cultural
Attitude of Health Personnel
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Interpersonal Relations
Soins intensifs > Nouvelle-Zélande.
Soins intensifs > États-Unis.
Soins intensifs en chirurgie > Nouvelle-Zélande.
Soins intensifs en chirurgie > États-Unis.
Ethnologie.
Études transculturelles.
MEDICAL > Prosthesis.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
MEDICAL > General.
Ethnology
Cross-cultural studies
Critical care medicine
Surgical intensive care
New Zealand
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Moonscape: the surgical intensive care unit
  • A caring ethic: nurses and the dilemma of powerlessness
  • The best of times, the worst of times: the residents
  • Diverse universes of medical discourse: the fellows
  • The attendings
  • Is death the enemy, or suffering?
  • Confronting death in the surgical intensive care unit
  • Intensive caring in New Zealand
  • Going gentle into that good night: death in Auckland
  • Focusing on the bottom line
  • The dominion of death.

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