Journal article
Experiences and Expressions of Spirituality at the End of Life in the Intensive Care Unit
Abstract
RATIONALE: The austere setting of the intensive care unit (ICU) can suppress expressions of spirituality.
OBJECTIVES: To describe how family members and clinicians experience and express spirituality during the dying process in a 21-bed medical-surgical ICU.
Authors
Swinton M; Giacomini M; Toledo F; Rose T; Hand-Breckenridge T; Boyle A; Woods A; Clarke F; Shears M; Sheppard R
Journal
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 195, No. 2, pp. 198–204
Publisher
American Thoracic Society
Publication Date
January 15, 2017
DOI
10.1164/rccm.201606-1102oc
ISSN
1073-449X