Full Professor, Amsterdam University (AMC) (Netherlands), Oxford University (NDM) (UK), Vienna University (AKH/MUW) (Austria) & Mahidol University (MORU) (Thailand).
Physicians and Families Decide Together In what ways are families involved in end-of-life decisions in the ICU? Is there a difference in this regard between neonatal ICU, pediatric ICU, and adult ICU? What does collaborative decision making require of physicians in these situations? Can it always be done? And what can be done better? (https://lnkd.in/eHZRf-dA) Today, Aranka Akkermans defended her academic dissertation 'Communicating with Families of Critically Ill Patients about Continuing or Discontinuing Life-Sustaining Treatment' (https://lnkd.in/dZTFwy2D). Aranka Akkermans presented the data of ‘famICom’ (https://lnkd.in/e67x8HyB) before in several scientific papers, including: - ‘How doctors actually (do not) involve families in decisions to continue or discontinue life-sustaining treatment in neonatal, pediatric, and adult intensive care’, in Palliative care (https://lnkd.in/eqpACwsD) - ‘How doctors manage conflicts with families of critically ill patients during conversations about end-of-life decisions in neonatal, pediatric, and adult intensive care’, in Intensive Care Medicine (https://lnkd.in/ernmERC4) - ‘Argumentation in end-of-life conversations with families in Dutch intensive care units’, in Intensive Care Medicine (https://lnkd.in/eMCYXR8v) #AmsterdamUMC #UvA #NeonatalICU #pediatricICU #adultICU #ICU #EndOfLife #famICom #PhD #AcademicPromotion #AcademicDissertation
