Kathy Hebert,Harold Moore,Joan Rooney
Kathy Hebert
End-of-life nursing encompasses many aspects of care: pain and symptom management, culturally sensitive practices, assisting patients and their families through the death and dying process, and ethical decisionmaking. Advocacy has been iden...
Lauren D Vazquez,Michael D Santone
Lauren D Vazquez
This article summarizes concepts related to psychosocial issues at the end of life with special attention directed to the rights of the mentally ill, issues related to mental capacity to consent, and suicidality and desire for hastened deat...
The end at the beginning [0.03%]
结局在开头
Michael White
Michael White
The clinical management of infants born with disabilities and at the cusp of viability has been a focus of attention in recent years because of medical advances as well as legislative activity. This article looks at the history, in terms of...
Joseph L Breault
Joseph L Breault
The American Heart Association in 2005 moved from the traditional do not resuscitate (DNR) terminology to do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR). DNAR reduces the implication that resuscitation is likely and creates a better emotional environm...
We need to talk [0.03%]
我们需要谈谈
Lisa Tompkins
Lisa Tompkins
The author looks at end-of-life decisionmaking and communication by summarizing a case well known in the literature and discussing her own experiences in the last days of her father's life. She also presents suggestions for how physicians c...
Karen M Pinsky
Karen M Pinsky
The life of an accomplished, independent 53-year-old woman is completely changed after surgery for a large, invasive spinal cord tumor. A lengthy, unsuccessful attempt at recovery and rehabilitation, compromised by multiple complications an...
B Jay Brooks
B Jay Brooks
Nancy Davis
Nancy Davis
Editorial - Chief Medical Officer Perspective on End-of-Life Issues in a Health System [0.03%]
首席医疗官对卫生系统中生命末期问题的看法 editorial
Joseph E Bisordi
Joseph E Bisordi
From the Editor's Desk [0.03%]
编者来信
Joseph L Breault
Joseph L Breault