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Associate Professor Division of Critical Care Medicine Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Co-Chair Ethics Advisory Committee Clerkship Director Advanced Clinical Electives
Respiratory-Surgical Intensive Care Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Member, HMS Center for Bioethics
This article illustrates two cases of critically ill patients where protracted and burdensome life-saving measures led to discord and moral distress among the ICU team, eventually mitigated by eliciting clear goals and wishes from the patient despite the plan of care and clinical interventions remaining unchanged. The takeaway in these cases is how to understand (and respond to) the multilevel perception
READ MORECOVID-19 has drastically changed how end-of-life care is practiced in the intensive care unit. Safety concerns for society limits family visitation but is contrary to patient and family-oriented care. This article provides an ethical analysis of the pros and cons of having family members present at the death of a COVID-19 positive ICU patient and provides a framework that can be used in future...
READ MOREAn overview of gender inequity in critical care medicine, why there is limited progress towards gender equity in this particular specialty, barriers to women’s progress and possible solutions. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization have delineated the difference between two entities - equality and equity as “Gender equality, does not mean that women and men...
READ MOREImportance and Objectives To observe the impact and main contributing factors of stress, anxiety and depression among frontline staff in the intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to determine if wellness resources are useful. Design Mixed method observational cohort study. Setting and Participants All frontline staff working in the intensiv
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