Validation of a checklist to facilitate serious illness conversations in adult emergency in China: a single-centre pilot study
Hongxia Ge,
Shu Li,
Qingbian Ma
Abstract:Background
Advances in emergency and critical care have improved outcomes, but gaps in communication and decision-making persist, especially in the emergency department (ED), prompting the development of a checklist to aid in serious illness conversations (SIC) in China.
Methods
This was a single-centre prospective interventional study on the quality improvement of SIC for life-sustaining treatment (LST). The study recruited patients consecutively for both its observati… Show more
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