RT Book, Section
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.
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ID 1167032059
T1 Death Notification and Advance Directives
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167032059
RD 2024/04/25
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