Family engagement is a key component of high-quality critical care, with known benefits for
patients, care teams, and family members themselves. The COVID-19 pandemic led to rapid …

Importance Black patients with serious illness experience higher-intensity care at the end of
life. Little research has used critical, race-conscious approaches to examine factors …

Racial disparities, including decreased hospice utilization, lower quality symptom
management, and poor-quality end-of-life care have been well documented in Black …

Background Despite past and ongoing efforts to achieve health equity in the USA, racial and
ethnic disparities persist and appear to be exacerbated by COVID-19. Objective Evaluate …

Importance Uncertainty remains among clinicians regarding processes to address and
resolve conflict around anti-Black racism. Objective To elicit clinicians' perceptions of their …

Conclusions The illness experience of patients with advanced liver disease and their
families is defined by uncertainty. There is a need to improve their prognostic understanding …

Many NICUs have reached an inflection point where infant deaths following limitation of life-
sustaining treatments outnumber those following unsuccessful resuscitations, and many …

PFCC is integral to high-quality health care and has benefits for patients, families, and
clinicians. The highly technical nature of critical care puts patients and families at risk of …

Background: Anxiety, depression, and reduced quality of life (QOL) are common problems
for hospice family caregivers, but it is unknown if disparities in these experiences exist …

Background: Palliative care consultation to discuss goals-of-care (“PCC”) may mitigate end-
of-life care disparities. Objective: To compare hospitalization and cost outcomes by race and …