Problem: Family members of patients dying in the ICU are faced with agonizing dilemmas,
the consequences of which might haunt them for a lifetime. Providing these family members …

Family-provider meetings are of great importance in intensive care units when limitation of
life-sustaining treatments (withholding or withdrawing) is being considered. Although …

End-of-life communication between clinicians and families is not only the best way to make
certain patients receive the care they want, but also can increase families' and patients' …

Patients are living longer with many types of cancer; however, often they face sudden
possibilities of dying, not only due to their advancing illness but due to complications of their …

Bakgrund: Många människor är i behov av palliativ vård. Målet med palliativ vård är att ge
människor en bra sista tid och en god död. För att kunna erbjuda detta är det av stor vikt att …

Caring for critically ill patients at the end-of-life has been plagued by sometimes
insurmountable difficulties. A persistent challenge concerns the significant communication …

In critical care end-of-life care is a process that occurs in stages, which can vary in duration.
It is the domain of nurses, while involvement in decision-making is less defined and based …

With the advances in technology and medicine, we are seeing more aggressive efforts and
extreme measures to treat the gravely ill and severely injured. When curative efforts are …

Bakgrund: Vården och dess behandling av ett sjukdomstillstånd har antingen en kurativ eller
palliativ inriktning. Att övergå från kurativ till palliativ vård kan innebära ett lidande för …

The purpose of this study was to describe the care preferences of individuals living with
advanced cardiac and respiratory illnesses about their current and future health …