Critical care units are places where aggressive treatment modalities, combined with
advanced technological support, are used to care for patients with a goal for cure or …

Methods You and colleagues examined the compliance with guidelines for end-of-life
discussions with seriously ill patients in a cross-sectional, multi-institutional study of 233 …

We are all going to die. When and how are the only questions that are unanswerable and
mysterious. Death is not a fun topic, often not easy to approach, and more often resisted until …

This update presents a North American perspective on six topics of particular importance to
end-of-life care in the intensive care unit:(a) The role of advance directives,(b) shared …

Introduction: Improving end of life care is a national imperative. Unsatisfactory care persists
particularly in acute hospitals, with shortcomings, variability in communication and advance …

The author discusses a report on the definition and relevance of in-hospital hospice and
palliative care implementation, end-of-life (EOL) symptom management, and patient …

Palliative care is interdisciplinary care aimed at relieving suffering and improving quality of
life for patients with advanced illness and their families. Palliative care may be offered …

Strategies to Help Initiate and Maintain the End-of-Life Discussion With Patients and Family
Members Page 1 July-August 2012 • Vol. 21/No. 4 197 Susan Clabots, MSN, RN, PCCN, is …