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Related Articles A history of resolving conflicts over end-of-life
care in intensive care units in the United States. Crit Care Med.
2010 May 27; Authors: Luce JM OBJECTIVES:: To present a case of
conflict over end-of-life care in the intensive care unit (ICU) and
to describe how such conflicts have been resolved in the United
States since the inception of ICUs. DATA SOURCES:: A
nonsystematically derived sample of published studies and
professional and lay commentaries on end-of-life care, ethical
principles, medical decision-making, medical futility, and
especially conflict resolution in the ICU. STUDY SELECTION:: Some
of those studies and commentaries dealing specifically with
conflicts over end-of-life care in the ICU and their resolution.
DATA SYNTHESIS...
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