title: Ethical decision making and the critical care team.
abstract: This article studies the process of decision making used to arrive at decisions to withdraw treatment in the adult and neonatal intensive care unit. The emerging role of team decision making is described as a cumulative process of dialogue between the health care team and the patient's family (including the patient in some cases).
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Donen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003422:Critical Care; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D028761:Withholding Treatment