Abstract
Stress experienced by staff in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in relation to the care of dying patients and their relatives is a continuing problem and in need of further investigation. A literature search to probe the problem as experienced by other comparable groups and their suggested coping mechanisms, has revealed relevant information (Thomson, 1988). Recent work has documented the problem of caring for the dying in acute hospital settings, defining some similar yet specific causative factors. This paper however, is planned to peruse these findings briefly, alongside those of another stressful speciality, Accident and Emergency, where the experience of sudden death also exists. Finally, the attitudes and findings of American colleagues are discussed; their investigation of ICU settings being more prevalent than that of their European counterparts. A blueprint for the future is suggested.
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