Hints and advice on end-of-life communication in the ICU, also during pandemics

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Holbaek Hospital, Holbaek, Denmark.
² Department of Design and Communication, The University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.

Hans-Henrik Bülow et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;65(8):1143-1146.

doi: 10.1111/aas.13839. Epub 2021 Jun 17.

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Holbaek Hospital, Holbaek, Denmark.
² Department of Design and Communication, The University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.

No abstract available

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