• Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Sep 2000

    Accept or divert ICU patients? A heated ethical debate.

    • P A Angelucci.
    • Queen of Peace Hospital, New Prague, Minn., USA.
    • Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2000 Sep 1;19(5):37-9.

    AbstractStretching scarce resources is more than a managerial issue. Should an understaffed ICU accept the patient or divert him to another facility? The intense "medical utility" controversy focuses on a situation that critical care nurses now face every day.

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