Objectives To investigate family and health professional experience with a nurse-led family
support intervention in intensive care. Design Qualitative evaluation study. Setting A twelve …

Rationale: Surrogates of critically ill patients often have inaccurate expectations about
prognosis. Yet there is little research on how intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians should …

The increased focus on patient and family-centered care in adult intensive care units (ICUs)
has generated multiple platforms for clinician–family communication beyond traditional …

Introduction Engaging patients and family members as partners in research increases the
relevance of study results and enhances patient-centered care; how to best engage patients …

Context Successful and sustained integration of palliative care into the intensive care unit
(ICU) requires the active engagement of bedside nurses. Objectives To describe the …

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

Background Growing attention to end-of-life care has led to intensive efforts to provide better
palliative care. However, it is not known whether palliative care is best provided by …

Purpose The aim of this study is to examine family members' experiences of end-of-life
decision-making processes in Norwegian intensive care units (ICUs) to ascertain the degree …

Objectives This study explores surrogate decision-makers'(SDMs) challenges making
decisions related to the care of patients in critical care, to (1) characterise the SDM stress,(2) …

Aims and objectives To explore the meaning of end‐of‐life care for critically ill cancer
patients, families, oncologists, palliative care specialists, critical care consultants and …