Palliative care is patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by
anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering when “curative” therapies are futile. In the …

Purpose The integration of palliative care into intensive care units (ICUs) is advocated to
mitigate physical and psychological burdens for patients and their families, and to improve …

Zusammenfassung Die Integration der Palliativmedizin ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil in der
medizinischen Behandlung von verschiedenen Erkrankungen im fortgeschrittenen Stadium …

OBJECTIVE To learn the perception of health professionals in an intensive care unit towards
palliative care. METHOD This was a descriptive and qualitative study based on the …

Background Palliative care is a person-centered approach aiming to relieve patient's health-
related suffering and it is often needed when caring for critically ill patients to manage …

The provision of palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) is increasing. While some
scholars have suggested the goals of palliative care to not be aligned with the ICU, some …

Introdução: a proposta dos Cuidados Paliativos é implementada para pacientes em
situações de vulnerabilidade ante uma doença grave, limitante e que pode …

Resultados Os princípios que se mostraram mais relevantes à prática assistencial dos
enfermeiros entrevistados foram: aliviar a dor e outros sintomas associados; garantir a …

Initially, palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) was designed to improve hospice
care. Today it has emerged as a core component of ICU care. ICU palliative care should …

Background The aim of this paper is to collect data on the practice of palliative care,
withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies, and management of end of life …