Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and index
Moonscape: the surgical intensive care unit -- A caring ethic: nurses and the dilemma of powerlessness -- The best of times, the worst of times: the residents -- Diverse universes of medical discourse: the fellows -- The attendings -- Is death the enemy, or suffering? -- Confronting death in the surgical intensive care unit -- Intensive caring in New Zealand - Going gentle into that good night: death in Auckland -- Focusing on the bottom line -- The dominion of death
