Open AccessCare of terminally Ill cancer patients: An intensivist′s dilemma
Author(s) -
Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa,
Sukhwinder Kaur Bajwa,
Jasbir Kaur
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.68406
Subject(s) - intensivist , medicine , intensive care unit , cancer , terminally ill , intensive care medicine , organ dysfunction , palliative care , intensive care , nursing , sepsis
Treatment of terminally ill cancer patients always poses great challenges especially when these critical patients are admitted in intensive care unit (ICU). The severity of their diseases throws a clinical and ethical dilemma to the treating intensivist.