Critical care--the worldwide perspective.
The development of the specialty of critical care and the intensivist is outlined and the data that favours critically ill patients being cared for by intensivists are reviewed. The future challenges for intensive and critical care are dealing with the new ethical dilemmas raised by intensive care, providing appropriate intensive care in both developed and developing countries and applying the principles of evidence-based medicine to intensive therapy.
Fisher
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Department of Anaesthesia, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007391:International Cooperation; D008511:Medicine / Q000639:trends; D009732:Nursing Care; D013038:Specialization; D000078329:Workforce; D014944:World Health Organization