Open AccessExperiences in end-of-life care in the Intensive Care Unit: A survey of resident physicians
Author(s) -
Zubair Umer Mohamed,
Fazil Muhammed,
Charu Singh,
Abish Sudhakar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.188196
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , medicine , likert scale , intensive care unit , scale (ratio) , end of life care , descriptive statistics , intensive care , family medicine , nursing , palliative care , psychology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , intensive care medicine
The practice of intensive care includes withholding and withdrawal of care, when appropriate, and the goals of care change around this time to comfort and palliation. We decided to survey the attitudes, training, and skills of intensive care residents in relation to end-of-life (EoL) care. All residents at our institute who has worked for at least a month in an adult Intensive Care Unit were invited to participate.