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To the Editor: The report by Lautrette and colleagues on a communication strategy for physicians to use with relatives of patients dying in the intensive care unit (ICU) (Feb. 1 issue)¹ reminds me of a smile flashed by a critical care specialist at the climax of a walk through a new ICU at a private hospital in the United States. My tour guide was particularly proud of the back door through which she escaped time-consuming encounters with families who routinely occupied waiting rooms near the front door.

Will more than scientific evidence of a benefit be needed before most physicians . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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