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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 12/2017

01-12-2017 | What's New in Intensive Care

Palliative care in the ICU of 2050: past is prologue

Authors: Kusum S. Mathews, Judith E. Nelson

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2017

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With the pace of recent health care change, palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) will likely undergo its own transformation in the next three decades. A look back may help bring the future into clearer view. …
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Metadata
Title
Palliative care in the ICU of 2050: past is prologue
Authors
Kusum S. Mathews
Judith E. Nelson
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2017
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4828-7

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