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 …

This article explores the 2014 Institute of Medicine׳ s recommendation concerning primary
palliative care as integral to all neonates and their families in the intensive care setting. We …

Background Intensive care unit nurses experience moral distress when they feel unable to
deliver ethically appropriate care to patients. Moral distress is associated with nurse burnout …

La evolución científica y técnica de la atención sanitaria mantienen un desarrollo
exponencial que permite cada vez una mejor asistencia a los pacientes, nuevas formas de …

Importance Many hospitals have undertaken initiatives to improve care during the end of life,
recognizing that some individuals have unique needs that are often not met in acute …

Importance The need for integrating palliative care into surgical services has been
established within the surgical literature. The ability to effectively screen, obtain an …

Background The emergency department (ED) is increasingly used by patients with life‐
limiting illness. These patients are frequently admitted to the hospital, where they suffer from …

Background Integrating palliative care into intensive care units (ICUs) requires involvement
of bedside nurses, who report inadequate education in palliative care. Objective To …

Patients with frailty experience substantial physical and emotional distress related to their
condition and face increased morbidity and mortality compared with their nonfrail peers …

Background Some of the challenges in the delivery of high-quality end-of-life care in the ICU
include the variability in the characteristics of patients with certain illnesses and the practice …