Journal article
Towards a ``Good'' Death: End-of-Life Narratives Constructed in An Intensive Care Unit
Abstract
End-of-life decisions regarding the withdrawal and withholding of lifesupporting technology have become commonplace within intensive careunits (ICUs). In this paper, we examine the dialogue between ICU teammembers and families regarding limitation of treatment as a therapeuticnarrative – that is, as a story which frames therapeutic events aswell as the critically ill patient's experience in a meaningful andpsychologically comforting way for …
Authors
Johnson N; Cook D; Giacomini M; Willms D
Journal
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 275–295
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
August 2000
DOI
10.1023/a:1005690501494
ISSN
0165-005X