In this episode, we discuss the practice of respect in the intensive care unit. Our guest is Samuel M. Brown, MD, MS, a practicing intensivist and Director of the Center for Humanizing Critical Care at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah. Dr. Brown holds an academic appointment as Associate Professor of Medicine at the University Of Utah School Of Medicine, Murray UT. He is a prolific investigator and author with a wide range of interests, including complexity in critical illness, echocardiography, and ethics.

Our conversation covers topics such as dignity, respect, compassion and burnout. Join us in a fascinating discussion with a thought leader in bringing humanism to critical care.

Additional Resources:

• Recent article co-authored by Dr. Brown and colleagues reviewing important aspects of the practice of respect in critical care medicine. Click here to read.


• The Center for Humanizing Critical Care works with researchers and clinicians with the goal of helping patients and family members make it through critical illness with their humanity intact. Learn more here.


• Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited by Vladimir Nabokov. Click here to learn more.