End-of-life communication in the ICU : a global perspective

Foreword by Malcolm Fisher ...v Preface by David W. Crippen IntroductionA Perspective from India Farhad N. Kapadia Japan Satoru Hashimoto Chapter 2 Critical Illness and End-of-Life Issues: A Global View An Evaluation of International Medical Ethics at the End of Life Richard Burrows End-of-Life Issues in the Critically Ill: A Global Perspective 3 Death in a Lonely Place: Pathophysiology of the Dying Patient Mike Darwin and Phil Hopkins Chapter 4 The History of the Defi nition(s) of Death: From the 18th Century to the 20th Century Leslie M. Whetstine Chapter 5 What It Feels Like to Live and Die on Prolonged Life Support Justin Engleka Chapter 6 Who’s in Charge in the Intensive Care Unit? Anthony L. DeWitt Chapter 7 Dealing with Diffi cult Surrogates Erring on the Side of Autonomy David W. Crippen Erring on the Side of Reason Stephen Streat Healthcare Providers’ Contribution to the Problem of Futility Robert M. Arnold Chapter 8 Emotions in the Intensive Care Unit Ilene L. Dillon... xvii Jean-Louis Vincent and Arino Yaguchi Chapter 1 Multinational Perspectives on End-of-Life Issues in the Intensive Care Unit .......................................................... 1 The United States ....................................................................... 1 Mark A. Mazer Canada ........................................................................................ 5 Randy S. Wax New Zealand ............................................................................... 9 Stephen Streat United Kingdom ......................................................................... 12 Nicholas Macartney Communicating to Family: The Israeli Perspective ................ 15 Aviel Roy-Shapira Maria and the Good Death: The Latin American View ......... 18 Claudia V.M. Teles The Greek Perspective ............................................................... 21 Antonios Liolios The South African Perspective .................................................. 24 Richard Eric Hodgson