Adaptive leadership: a novel approach for family decision making.
Family members of intensive care unit (ICU) patients want to be involved in decision making, but they may not be best served by being placed in the position of having to solve problems for which they lack knowledge and skills. This case report presents an exemplar family meeting in the ICU led by a palliative care specialist, with discussion about the strategies used to improve the capacity of the family to make a decision consistent with the patient's goals. These strategies are presented through the lens of Adaptive Leadership.
School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. judith.adams@duke.edu
Judith
J
Adams
Donald E
DE
Bailey
Ruth A
RA
Anderson
Anthony N
AN
Galanos
D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome; D018805:Sepsis; D028761:Withholding Treatment