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Articles and Powerpoints
- Back AL, Arnold RM. Dealing with conflict in caring for the seriously ill: "it was just out of the question". JAMA. 2005 Mar 16;293(11):1374-81.
- Arnold RM, Back AL, Barnato AE, Prendergast TJ, Emlet LL, Karpov I, White PH, Nelson JE. The Critical Care Communication project: improving fellows' communication skills. J Crit Care. 2015 Apr;30(2):250-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.11.016.
- Selph RB, Shiang J, Engelberg R, Curtis JR, White DB. Empathy and life support decisions in intensive care units. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Sep;23(9):1311-7. doi: 10.1007/s11606-008-0643-8.
- Back AL, Arnold RM, Quill TE. Hope for the best, and prepare for the worst. Ann Intern Med. 2003 Mar 4;138(5):439-43.
- Evans LR, Boyd EA, Malvar G, Apatira L, Luce JM, Lo B, White DB. Surrogate decision-makers' perspectives on discussing prognosis in the face of uncertainty. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Jan 1;179(1):48-53. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200806-969OC. Epub 2008 Oct 17.
- Bosslet GT, Pope TM, Rubenfeld GD, Lo B, Truog RD, Rushton CH, Curtis JR, Ford DW, Osborne M, Misak C, Au DH, Azoulay E, Brody B, Fahy BG, Hall JB, Kesecioglu J, Kon AA, Lindell KO, White DB; American Thoracic Society ad hoc Committee on Futile and Potentially Inappropriate Treatment; American Thoracic Society; American Association for Critical Care Nurses; American College of Chest Physicians; European Society for Intensive Care Medicine; Society of Critical Care. An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM Policy Statement: Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun 1;191(11):1318-30. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201505-0924ST.
- Kon AA, Davidson JE, Morrison W, Danis M, White DB. Shared Decision-Making in Intensive Care Units. Executive Summary of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and American Thoracic Society Policy Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Jun 15;193(12):1334-6. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201602-0269ED.
- Bruce CR, Liang C, Blumenthal-Barby JS, Zimmerman J, Downey A, Pham L, Theriot L, Delgado ED, White D. Barriers and Facilitators to Initiating and Completing Time-Limited Trials in Critical Care. Crit Care Med. 2015 Dec;43(12):2535-43. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001307.
- Lautrette A, Darmon M, Megarbane B, Joly LM, Chevret S, Adrie C, Barnoud D, Bleichner G, Bruel C, Choukroun G, Curtis JR, Fieux F, Galliot R, Garrouste-Orgeas M, Georges H, Goldgran-Toledano D, Jourdain M, Loubert G, Reignier J, Saidi F, Souweine B, Vincent F, Barnes NK, Pochard F, Schlemmer B, Azoulay E. A communication strategy and brochure for relatives of patients dying in the ICU. N Engl J Med. 2007 Feb 1;356(5):469-78. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2007 Jul 12;357(2):203.
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