Table of Contents

Section I: The Changing Landscape of Death in the ICU
1. Introducing the Concept of Managing Death in the ICU, J. Randall Curtis and Gordon D. Rubenfeld
2. The Changing Ethics of Death in the ICU, Richard A. Mularski and Molly L. Osborne
3. The Changing Nature of Death in the ICU, John M. Luce and thomas J. Predergast
4. Making a Personal Relatinship with Death, Mitchell M. Levy
Section II: The Decision to Limit Life Support in the ICU
5. Outcome Pretiction in the ICU, Marin H. Kollef
6. Decision-Making and the Role of Bias, Deborah J. Cook
7. The Role of Health Status and Quality of Life in decisions about ICU Care, J. Randall Curtis and Donld L. Patrick
8. Advance Care Planning in the Outpatient and ICU Setting, Joan M. Teno
Section III: Practical Skills Needed to Manage Death in the ICU
9. How to Discuss Dying and Death in the ICU, J. Randall Curtis and Donald L. Patrick
10. Managnig Pain and other Symptoms in Dying Patients in the ICU, Kathleen Foley
11. Principles and Practice of Withdrawing Life Sustaining Treatment in the ICU, Gordon D. Rubenfeld
12. The Role of Critical Care Nurses in Providing and Managing End-of-Life Care, Kathleen Puntillo
13. Helping Families Prepare for and Cope with a Death in the ICU, Sarah E. Shannon
14. Helping the Clinician Cope with Death in the ICU, Susan D. Block
15. The Interface of Technology and Spriituality in the ICU, Nancy Chambers
16. Sacred End-of-Life Rituals in the ICU, Steven Miles
Section IV: Societal Issues
17. Role of Race, Ethnicity, Religion, and Socioeconomic Status on End-of-Life Care in the ICU, Marion Danis
18. Legal Liability Anxieties in the ICU, Marshal B. Kapp
19. Economics of Managing Death in te ICU, Peter Pronovost and Derek C. Angus
20. Organizational Change and Improving the uality of Palliative Care in the ICU, Barbara Daly
21. An International Perspective on Death in the ICU, Malcom Fisher
Section V: Specific Diseases and Special Populations
22. AIDS, Mark J. Rosen
23. Cancer, Anthony Back
24. Congestive heart failure, Jonathon Sackner-Bernstein
25. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, John E. Heffner
26. Decisions to limit intensive care in patients with coma, Eelco F.M. Wijdicks
27. Special concerns for infants and children, Walter M. Robinson
28. Special Concerns for the very old, Judith E. Nelson