Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2009
Abstract
The challenges of end-of-life care require emergency physicians to utilize a multifaceted and dynamic skill set. Such skills include medical therapies to relieve pain and other symptoms near the end-of-life. Physicians must also demonstrate aptitude in comfort care, communication, cultural competency, and ethical principles. It is imperative that emergency physicians demonstrate a fundamental understanding of end-of-life issues in order to employ the versatile, multidisciplinary approach required to provide the highest quality end-of-life care for patients and their families.
Repository Citation
Savory, E. A.,
& Marco, C. A.
(2009). End-of-Life Issues in the Acute and Critically Ill Patient. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 17, 21.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/emergency_medicine/62
DOI
10.1186/1757-7241-17-21
Comments
© 2009 Savory and Marco; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.