The practice of intensive care medicine raises multiple legal and ethical issues on a daily basis, making it increasingly difficult to know who to admit and whe

From this superb fieldwork--observing medical staff on their rounds; interviewing staff, patients, and families; and systematically reviewing hospital records--

The expense of critical care and emergency medicine, along with widespread expectations for good care when the need arises, pose hard moral and political proble

This book addresses the ethical problems that physicians have to face every day while caring for critically ill patients. Advances in medical technology, ageing

In this book, part of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) textbook series, experts in the field of clinical ethics describe basic principles