Journal article
Canadian nurses' and respiratory therapists' perspectives on withdrawal of life support in the intensive care unit
Abstract
PURPOSE: To describe perspectives of nurses (RNs) and respiratory therapists (RTs) related to end-of-life care for critically ill patients.
METHODS: For patients who had life support withdrawn in 4 Canadian university-affiliated ICUs, RNs and RTs reported their comfort level with decision making and process for 14 aspects of end-of-life care.
Authors
Rocker GM; Cook DJ; O'Callaghan CJ; Pichora D; Dodek PM; Conrad W; Kutsogiannis DJ; Heyland DK
Journal
Journal of Critical Care, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 59–65
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2005
DOI
10.1016/j.jcrc.2004.10.006
ISSN
0883-9441