Palliative and end-of-life care : prioritizing compassion within the ICU and beyond

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ASLAKSON, Rebecca A. | COX, Christopher E. | BAGGS, Judith G. | CURTIS, J. Randall

ICUs are a setting for high severity illness and mortality and were developed to optimize nursing care and medical outcomes for the most seriously ill. Approximately one in five deaths in the United States occurs during or shortly after ICU care, and this proportion appears to be increasing. A high prevalence of critically ill patients and their family members often experience concurrent emotional and physical symptoms and stresses. Thus, the provision of effective and compassionate palliative and end-of-life care is a core competency for critical care clinicians. Critical care professional organizations have published multiple evidence-based and extensively referenced guidelines and reviews concerning palliative and end-of-life care for critically ill patients and their family members.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000005208

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