End-of-life conversations: evolving practice and theory

DG Larson, DR Tobin - Jama, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
care professionals working in end-of-life care. There is agreement that outcomes in end-of-life
care … A recent review of best practices in chronic illness–coordinated care highlights the …

End-of-life practices in European intensive care units: the Ethicus Study

CL Sprung, SL Cohen, P Sjokvist, M Baras, HH Bulow… - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
… among health care professionals, medical practices for end-of-life care differ around the world…
Patient expectations and preferences now help shape end-of-life practices, limiting the use …

[HTML][HTML] End-of-life decision-making in the hospital: current practice and future prospects

JJ Fins, FG Miller, CA Acres, MD Bacchetta… - Journal of pain and …, 1999 - Elsevier
… with comfort care plans continued to … practice patterns for hospitalized dying patients. We
recommend several measurable objectives for evaluating end-of-life decision-making and care

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating complex interventions in end of life care: the MORECare statement on good practice generated by a synthesis of transparent expert consultations …

IJ Higginson, CJ Evans, G Grande, N Preston… - BMC medicine, 2013 - Springer
Background Despite being a core business of medicine, end of life care (EoLC) is neglected.
It is hampered by research that is difficult to conduct with no common standards. We aimed …

Advancing social work practice in end-of-life care

GH Christ, M Sormanti - Social Work in Health Care, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
… ing in the care of the … in practice, teaching, and administration in end-of-life care services.
Both authors and the other members of the group had extensive clinical experience in the care

… on the principles of end-of-life care for the critically ill. The Consensus for Worldwide End-of-Life Practice for Patients in Intensive Care Units (WELPICUS) study

CL Sprung, RD Truog, JR Curtis, GM Joynt… - … and critical care …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
… Great differences in end-of-life practices in treating the … for end-of-life practices, delineates
where there is and is not consensus, and analyzes reasons for lack of consensus. Critical care

End-of-life practices in 282 intensive care units: data from the SAPS 3 database

É Azoulay, B Metnitz, CL Sprung, JF Timsit… - Intensive care …, 2009 - Springer
… and critical-care organization on end-of-life practices. The … , has been reported to affect
end-of-life practices [17–19]. As … that these substantially influence the end-of-life decision-making …

Practice of expert critical care nurses in situations of prognostic conflict at the end of life

CMB Robichaux, AP Clark - American Journal of Critical Care, 2006 - AACN
… Often they are asked to prolong the living-dying process with inappropriate treatment. For …
with 21 critical care nurses from 7 facilities to explore their practice in end-of-life conflicts and to …

Development of a Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) for end-of-life care practice at home: a qualitative study

G Ewing, G Grande… - Palliative …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
… Current end-of-life care policy and guidance recognises the … be assessed to support them
in their caring role. How regular carer … that is suitable for use in end-of-life home care practice. …

Evidence-based interventions to improve the palliative care of pain, dyspnea, and depression at the end of life: a clinical practice guideline from the American College …

A Qaseem, V Snow, P Shekelle… - Annals of internal …, 2008 - acpjournals.org
… evidence to improve palliative care at the end of life. This guideline … care at the end of life.
The target audience for this guideline is all clinicians caring for patients needing end-of-life care