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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Crit Care. 2007 Feb 8;22(2):159–168. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2006.09.008

Table 2.

Brief Summary of Cultural Differences Among Units

Type of
Unit		 Informal
rules
about
DNR		 Technology:
Tracheostomy/PEG
tube placement		 Physician
time with
family		 Physician
EOLDM		 Physician
timing of
EOLDM
Medical First step
in
EOLDM		 Initiate EOLDM Quite
extensive		 Scheduled
and
unplanned		 Earlier in
patient
trajectory
Surgical Low
priority		 Routine care Brief Unplanned Delay
until
options
exhausted