Death in the ICU: what families tell us about end-of-life care

BACKGROUND: People survive repeated health crises that used to be fatal and, at times, treatment intended to prolong life, prolongs death instead. Many people die in hospitals although they say they prefer to die at home. At the same time, research identifies multiple ways the American healthcare sy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tugenberg, Toni
Other Authors: Amodeo, Maryann
Language:en_US
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/33195