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The ten barriers to appropriate management of patients at the end of their life

Authors: Ken M. Hillman, Magnolia Cardona-Morrell

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2015

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It has been more than 60 years since the concept of intensive care was applied in Copenhagen, Denmark [1], and it was not until the 1970s that the concept became a recognised specialty with its own conferences, textbooks, journals, qualifications and societies. Intensivists have made great advances in how to effectively sustain life and are probably now at the stage where the effective implementation of these lessons is as important as the underlying knowledge. …

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Title: The ten barriers to appropriate management of patients at the end of their life
Authors: Ken M. Hillman
Magnolia Cardona-Morrell
Publication date: 01-09-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2015
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3712-6

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