Editorial

. 2019 Jan 28;23(1):32.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2327-7.

Humanizing the intensive care unit

Michael E Wilson^{1

2

3}, Sarah Beesley^{4

5

6}, Amanda Grow⁷, Eileen Rubin⁸, Ramona O Hopkins^{4

5

9}, Negin Hajizadeh¹⁰, Samuel M Brown^{11

12

13

14

15}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
² Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
³ Biomedical Ethics Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁴ Center for Humanizing Critical Care at Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, UT, USA.
⁵ Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA.
⁶ Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁷ ICU Patient and Family Advisory Council, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, USA.
⁸ ARDS Foundation, Northbrook, IL, USA.
⁹ Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
¹⁰ Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, NY, USA.
¹¹ Center for Humanizing Critical Care at Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, UT, USA. Samuel.brown@imail.org.
¹² Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA. Samuel.brown@imail.org.
¹³ Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Samuel.brown@imail.org.
¹⁴ Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Samuel.brown@imail.org.
¹⁵ Shock Trauma ICU, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA. Samuel.brown@imail.org.

PMID: 30691528
PMCID: PMC6350326
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2327-7

Editorial

Humanizing the intensive care unit

Michael E Wilson et al. Crit Care. 2019.

. 2019 Jan 28;23(1):32.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2327-7.

Authors

Michael E Wilson^{1

2

3}, Sarah Beesley^{4

5

6}, Amanda Grow⁷, Eileen Rubin⁸, Ramona O Hopkins^{4

5

9}, Negin Hajizadeh¹⁰, Samuel M Brown^{11

12

13

14

15}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
² Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
³ Biomedical Ethics Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁴ Center for Humanizing Critical Care at Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, UT, USA.
⁵ Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA.
⁶ Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁷ ICU Patient and Family Advisory Council, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, USA.
⁸ ARDS Foundation, Northbrook, IL, USA.
⁹ Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
¹⁰ Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, NY, USA.
¹¹ Center for Humanizing Critical Care at Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, UT, USA. Samuel.brown@imail.org.
¹² Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA. Samuel.brown@imail.org.
¹³ Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Samuel.brown@imail.org.
¹⁴ Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Samuel.brown@imail.org.
¹⁵ Shock Trauma ICU, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA. Samuel.brown@imail.org.

PMID: 30691528
PMCID: PMC6350326
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2327-7

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Dehumanization and humanization of intensive care unit patients

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