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Author Cassel, Joan, 1929-

Title Life and death in intensive care / Joan Cassel
Published Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2005

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Description x, 233 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction : moonscape : the surgical intensive care unit -- 1. A caring ethic : nurses and the dilemma of powerlessness -- 2. The best of times, the worst of times : the residents -- 3. Diverse universes of medical discourse : the fellows -- 4. The attendings -- 5. Is death the enemy, or suffering? -- 6. Confronting death in the surgical intensive care unit -- 7. Intensive caring in New Zealand -- 8. Going gentle into that good night : death in Auckland -- 9. Focusing on the bottom line -- 10. The dominion of death -- App. "Hard" science, "soft" science, social science : the anxiety of methods
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Surgical intensive care -- United States.
Surgical intensive care -- New Zealand.
Critical care medicine -- United States.
Critical care medicine -- New Zealand.
LC no. 2004055302
ISBN 1592133363 paperback alkaline paper
1592133355 cloth alk paper