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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Sep 2010
ReviewLife-support technology and the dying experience: implications for critical-care nursing practice.
- Annette M Browning.
- Biola University in La Mirada, California 90639, USA. Annette.browning@biola.edu
- Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2010 Sep 1; 29 (5): 230-7.
AbstractThe purpose of this article was to explore the historical, social, and philosophical factors related to life-support technology and its effects on patients dying in an intensive care unit environment. The article examines how technology has affected the right of individuals to experience a peaceful death. Implications for nursing practice in critical care are also addressed.
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