August 21, 2018
Communication and End-of-Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit: Patient, Family, and Clinician Outcomes
https://journals.lww.com/ccnq/Abstract/2005/10000/Communication_and_End_of_Life_Care_in_the.2.aspxEven though good communication among clinicians, patients, and family members is identified as the most important factor in end-of-life care in ICUs, it is the least accomplished. According to accumulated […]
August 21, 2018
Changing the Culture Around End-of-Life Care in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit
https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Abstract/2008/06000/Changing_the_Culture_Around_End_of_Life_Care_in.26.aspxTen percent to 20% of trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) will die from their injuries. Providing appropriate end-of-life care in this setting is difficult […]
August 21, 2018
A Systematic Review of Measures of End‐of‐Life Care and Its Outcomes
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00721.xTo identify psychometrically sound measures of outcomes in end‐of‐life care and to characterize their use in intervention studies.
August 13, 2018
An overview of the state of advance care planning research:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/palliative-and-supportive-care/article/state-of-advance-care-planning-research-a-descriptive-overview-of-systematic-reviews/DF2DEF1C11263519BB0A7E85FE775DD0To provide an overview of the current state of research of advance care planning (ACP), highlighting most studied topics, publication time, quality of studies and reported […]