2017
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4938-2
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Focus on palliative care in the ICU

Abstract: Recent studies about the provision of high-quality communication and integration of palliative care into the ICU have increased our understanding of how best to care not only for patients but also for their family. We review some of these contributions.Advancement of medical technologies has resulted in patients living longer, but an increasing number of patients are dying highly medicalized deaths. Hillman and Cardona-Morrell summarize ten societal barriers that prevent high-quality ICU care at the end of lif… Show more

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