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Contrasting medical decision-making in resource-adequate versus resource-poor situations |
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| Limiting medical care |
Resource-adequate situation |
Resource-poor situation |
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| Focus |
Patient autonomy |
Community needs |
| Relationships |
Caregivers invested with family |
Caregivers unknown to family |
| Patient condition |
End of life |
NOT at end of life |
| Decision made |
Days to weeks |
Hours |
| Prior care |
Exhaustive |
Little to none |
| Subjective inputs |
Critical |
Minimal |
| Key decision-maker |
Family and caregivers |
'Triage' physician or team |
Hick et al. Critical Care 2007 11:217 doi:10.1186/cc5929 |
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