• Der Anaesthesist · Jun 2013

    [Patients at the end of life in the intensive care unit: cultural aspects of accompaniment].

    • D A Vagts, U Kampa, G Pfeiffer, L Schreiber-Winzig, and Expertengruppe Palliativ- und Notfallmedizin Akademie für Palliativmedizin und Hospizarbeit Dresden.
    • Akademie für Palliativmedizin und Hospizarbeit Dresden gGmbH, Dresden, Deutschland.
    • Anaesthesist. 2013 Jun 1;62(6):473-82.

    AbstractThe accompaniment of people in the face of death offers insights into dimensions which are mostly not seen in ordinary life. These insights also exist in intensive care in German hospitals and are highly relevant in medical decision making. End-of-life decisions in particular often determine medical, cultural and spiritual aspects concerning medical treatment and therapeutic targets and if necessary new therapy targets. The following article especially illuminates cultural aspects and their characteristics in patients at the end of life in the intensive care unit.

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