ICU Resource Allocation in the New Millennium Will We Say "No"? /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Crippen, David W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Medical research.; Medical ethics.; Quality of life.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Quality of Life Research.

Intensive care medicine is one of the fastest growing services provided by hospitals and perhaps one of the most expensive.  Yet in response to the global financial crisis of the last few years, healthcare funding is slowing or decreasing throughout the world.    How we manage health care resources...