Vulnerability in Critical Care Medicine: A Matter of Tight-rope Walking
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As human beings we are vulnerable. Simply by virtue of our being alive, we are exposed to all sorts of threats and adverse influences, and each day we run the risk of getting seriously injured or ill, if not worse. Critical care practices such as the Emergency Department (ED), the operating room (OR) and the Intensive Care Units (ICU) are places where this vulnerability is revealed most vividly. It is here were our helplessness comes to the fore and our ability to control our world breaks down. At the same time, these places should be viewed as strongholds against our finitude and fragility. In these zones of protection clinicians do everything in their power to prevent further harm and help patients to cope with their own vulnerability.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008