Objectives: Palliative care is an interprofessional specialty as well as an approach to care by
all clinicians caring for patients with serious and complex illness. Unlike hospice, palliative …

Objective: To describe models used in successful clinical initiatives to improve the quality of
palliative care in critical care settings. Data Sources: We searched the MEDLINE database …

Palliative care is an interdisciplinary care to optimize physical, psychosocial, and spiritual
symptoms of patients and their families whose quality of life is impaired by serious, life …

Objective: Although successful models for palliative care delivery and quality improvement
in the intensive care unit have been described, their applicability in surgical intensive care …

Palliative care is increasingly recognized as an integral component of comprehensive
intensive care for all critically ill patients, regardless of prognosis, and for their families. Here …

A growing body of evidence and experience has effaced what were once thought to be clear
distinctions between “critical illness” and “terminal illness” and has exposed the problems of …

Initiatives to improve end-of-life care in intensive care units face several important barriers.
These include inflated expectations for critical care therapies, which are shared by many …

Objective: Although the majority of hospital deaths occur in the intensive care unit and
virtually all critically ill patients and their families have palliative needs, we know little about …

Background: Over the last 20 years, multiple interventions to better integrate palliative care
and intensive care unit (ICU) care have been evaluated. This systematic review summarizes …

Objective: To identify the goals and methods for medical education about end-of-life care in
the intensive care unit (ICU). Data Sources and Study Selection: A status report on palliative …