Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 256-263 , October 2007

The relationship between moral distress and perception of futile care in the critical care unit

  • Melinda J. Mobley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Hospital, 5777 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054, United States
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  • Mohamed Y. Rady

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Hospital, 5777 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85054, United States.
    • ,
  • Joseph L. Verheijde

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic Hospital, 5777 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054, United States
    • ,
  • Bhavesh Patel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Hospital, 5777 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054, United States
    • ,
  • Joel S. Larson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Hospital, 5777 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054, United States

,Accepted 26 March 2007.

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☆ Presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 35th Educational Congress, January 7–11, 2006.

PII: S0964-3397(07)00031-6

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.03.011

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 256-263 , October 2007

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