Objective As 'critical illness' and 'critical care'lack consensus definitions, this study aimed to
explore how the concepts' are used, describe their defining attributes, and propose potential …

Objectives: To identify, critically appraise and synthesise the qualitative literature on the
experiences of informal carers of people with long-term conditions during the COVID-19 …

Aim To synthesise the experiences of nursing students encountering patient death and
caring for patients under palliative care or at end-of-life and their families in clinical settings …

Background: Palliative care access, experiences and outcomes of care disadvantage those
from ethnically diverse, Indigenous, First nation and First people communities. Research into …

Although most clinicians have come to perceive invasive life-sustaining treatments as overly
aggressive at the end of life, some of the public and greater proportions of some socially …

Objectives uncertainty pervades the complex illness trajectories experienced by older adults
with multimorbidity. Uncertainty is experienced by older people, their informal carers and …

Em 2022, foi publicado um importante relatório internacional acerca do “valor da morte” não
apenas no campo da saúde, mas nas sociedades humanas de forma geral. Este relatório se …

The historical institution, evolution, and innovations of nutrition support teams (NSTs) over
the past six decades are presented. Focused aspects of the transition to transdisciplinary …

Aims To explore and understand the experiences of patients with advanced illness in
relation to dignity during end‐of‐life care in emergency departments. Design Qualitative …

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted grief experiences of bereaved relatives and altered
accustomed ways of coping with loss. To understand how bereaved relatives experienced …