A Prospective Determination of the Incidence of Perceived Inappropriate Care in Critically Ill Patients

Rohit K Singal; Robert Sibbald; Brenda Morgan; Mel Quinlan; Neil Parry; Michael Radford; Claudio M Martin

doi:10.1155/2014/429789

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2014)

A Prospective Determination of the Incidence of Perceived Inappropriate Care in Critically Ill Patients

Rohit K Singal,
Robert Sibbald,
Brenda Morgan,
Mel Quinlan,
Neil Parry,
Michael Radford,
Claudio M Martin

Affiliations

Rohit K Singal: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Robert Sibbald: London Health Sciences Centre, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Brenda Morgan: London Health Sciences Centre, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Mel Quinlan: London Health Sciences Centre, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Neil Parry: London Health Sciences Centre, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Michael Radford: London Health Sciences Centre, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Claudio M Martin: London Health Sciences Centre, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/429789
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21, no. 3
pp. 165 – 170

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Health care providers’ perceptions regarding appropriateness in end-of-life treatments have been widely studied. While nurses and physicians believe that rationing and other cost-related practices sometimes occur in the intensive care unit (ICU), they allege that treatment is often excessive.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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