ICU Resource Allocation in the New Millennium

1. Australia: Where Have We Been?
Ian M. Seppelt

2. Brazil: Where Have We Been?
Frederico Bruzzi Carvalho, Álvaro Réa Neto, Rodrigo Ferreira Simões, Monica Viegas Andrade

3. Canada: Where Have We Been?
Christopher James Doig

4. Germany: Where Have We Been?
Thomas Kerz

5. India: Where Have We Been?
Farhad Kapadia, Atul P. Kulkarni, J. V. Divatia

6. Israel: Where Have We Been?
Eran Segal

7. Italy: Where Have We Been?
Marco Luchetti, Giuseppe A. Marraro

8. The Netherlands: Where Have We Been?
Frank H. Bosch

9. New Zealand: Where Have We Been?
Stephen Streat

10. South Africa: Where Have We Been?
R. Eric Hodgson, Timothy C. Hardcastle

11. United Kingdom: Where Have We Been?
Anna M. Batchelor

12. United States—Private Practice: Where Have We Been?
John W. Hoyt

13. United States—Academic Medicine: Where Have We Been?
David W. Crippen

14. Australia: Where Are We Going?
Ian M. Seppelt

15. Brazil: Where Are We Going?
Rubens Costa-Filho

16. Canada: Where Are We Going?
Randy S. Wax

17. Germany: Where Are We Going?
Thomas Kerz

18. India: Where Are We Going?
Farhad Kapadia, J. V. Divatia

19. Italy: Where Are We Going?
Marco Luchetti, Giuseppe A. Marraro

20. The Netherlands: Where Are We Going?
Frank H. Bosch

21. New Zealand: Where Are We Going?
Stephen Streat

22. South Africa: Where Are We Going?
Ross Hofmeyr

23. United Kingdom: Where Are We Going?
Andrew Thorniley

24. United States—Private Practice: Where Are We Going?
John W. Hoyt

25. United States—Academic Medicine: Where Are We Going?
Mark Mazer

26. Reflections on the Demand for Critical Care in the Global Medical Village
Timothy G. Buchman, Donald W. Chalfin

27. First Critique of Buchman and Chalfin’s Analysis
Leslie P. Scheunemann, Douglas B. White

28. Second Critique of Buchman and Chalfin’s Analysis
Lynn Barkley Burnett

29. Third Critique of Buchman and Chalfin’s Analysis
Charles L. Sprung

30. Fourth Critique of Buchman and Chalfin’s Analysis
Richard Burrows

31. The Fair and Equitable Health Care Act
David W. Crippen

32. First Critique of the Fair and Equitable Health Care Act
Michael A. Rie, W. Andrew Kofke

33. Fixing the Foundation of Critical Care at the End-stage of Life: Second Critique of the Fair and Equitable Health Care Act
Jack K. Kilcullen

34. Third Critique of the Fair and Equitable Health Care Act
Leslie M. Whetstine

35. Medical Judgment Versus Capitulation
Gilbert Ross

36. Nursing Aspects of Inappropriate Patient Care
Melanie S. Smith

37. Where Is “Universal” Health Care Headed in the Global Village?
Michael A. Kuiper, Steven M. Hollenberg

38. The New Shape of Intensive Care in the USA
Derek C. Angus

39. Health Care in the Year 2050
Brian Wowk

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Quality of Life Research