Dying Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

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Letters18 December 2001Dying Patients in the Intensive Care UnitKathy Faber-Langendoen, MD and Paul N. Lanken, MDKathy Faber-Langendoen, MDState University of New York Upstate Medical University; Syracuse, NY 13210University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA 19104Search for more papers by this author and Paul N. Lanken, MDState University of New York Upstate Medical University; Syracuse, NY 13210University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA 19104Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-135-12-200112180-00022 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We appreciate Dr. Workman's attention to the language used in describing the case in our paper. We agree that clarity and specificity in communicating with families are essential. The case narrative, however, was not intended to fully detail all of the conversations; rather, it focused on the process of forgoing treatment while maintaining care. A separate article in this series details the importance of and strategies for communication in palliative and end-of-life care (1), and we recommend it to Annals readers.Reference1. Lo B, Quill T, Tulsky J. Discussing palliative care with patients. ACP-ASIM End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel. Ann Intern Med. 1999;130:744-9. [PMID: 10357694] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: State University of New York Upstate Medical University; Syracuse, NY 13210University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA 19104 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoDiscussing Palliative Care with Patients Bernard Lo , Timothy Quill , James Tulsky , and Dying Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: Forgoing Treatment, Maintaining Care Kathy Faber-Langendoen and Paul N. Lanken Dying Patients in the Intensive Care Unit Stephen Workman Metrics Cited ByPalliative Care in the Intensive Care UnitPalliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit 18 December 2001Volume 135, Issue 12Page: 1092KeywordsIntensive care unitsSpecificity ePublished: 18 December 2001 Issue Published: 18 December 2001 CopyrightCopyright © 2001 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...