Managing clinical uncertainty: An ethnographic study of the impact of critical care outreach on end-of-life transitions in ward-based critically ill patients with a life-limiting illness

Pattison, Natalie, Mclellan, Jude, Roskelly, Lara, Ainsworth, Kirsty and Wiseman, Theresa (2018) Managing clinical uncertainty: An ethnographic study of the impact of critical care outreach on end-of-life transitions in ward-based critically ill patients with a life-limiting illness. Journal of Clinical Nursing. (doi:10.1111/jocn.14618).

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Abstract

Rapid response teams, such as critical care outreach teams, have prominent roles in managing end‐of‐life transitions in critical illness, often questioning appropriateness of treatment escalation. Clinical uncertainty presents clinicians with dilemmas in how and when to escalate or de‐escalate treatment.

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