TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Death Notification and Advance Directives A1 - Weaver, Lindsay M. A1 - Hobgood, Cherri D. A2 - Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Yealy, Donald M. A2 - Meckler, Garth D. A2 - Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 - Cline, David M. A2 - Thomas, Stephen H. PY - 2020 T2 - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e AB - Death notification is perhaps the most difficult, emotionally laden physician communication. In most situations, the notification of death occurs during the first meeting of the emergency physician with the deceased patient’s family. The notification often comes after extensive resuscitation efforts, creating an upheaval of emotion for the physician and ED staff and leaving the team emotionally and physically exhausted.1,2 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167032059 ER -