Invited Commentary
Commentary on “Benefits of Using The Pause after Death in Emergency Departments: A Delphi Study”
Abstract
Today’s modern medical world is an array of technology and protocolized care. Evidence-based care is driving uniform practice and avoiding variability. This, unfortunately, is alsodriving disenchantment, burnout, moral outrage, or whatever one wishes to call it, in doctors, nurses, and medical personnel. Electronic medical records, check boxes, rule-driven pharmacologic delivery and dosing, as well as administrative regulations that administrators assign as “standard work” have replaced the personalized, face-to-face interaction that truly is the core of caring for a patient.
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References
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2. Ducar DM, Cunningham T. Benefits of using The Pause after death in emergency departments: a Delphi study. South Med J 2019;112:469-474.
