Do we have adequate tools and skills to manage uncertainty among patients and families in ICU?

Intensive Care Med. 2017 Mar;43(3):463-464. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4630-y. Epub 2016 Dec 8.

Authors

Richard Harding¹, Philip Hopkins², Victoria Metaxa², Irene J Higginson³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Palliative Care Policy and Rehabilitation, Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London, Bessemer Road, London, SE5 9RJ, UK. richard.harding@kcl.ac.uk.
² Critical Care, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Palliative Care Policy and Rehabilitation, Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London, Bessemer Road, London, SE5 9RJ, UK.

PMID: 27933344
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-016-4630-y

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Critical Care / psychology*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Decision Making
Family / psychology
Humans
Intensive Care Units*
Palliative Care / methods
Professional-Family Relations*
Professional-Patient Relations*
Terminal Care / methods
Uncertainty*

Grants and funding

G0802654/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom