Determining Consistency of Surrogate Decisions and End-of-Life Care Received with Patient Goals-of-Care Preferences

Palliative care and end-of-life decisions.

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Preferences for end-of-life care for children with cancer.

E1250 CMAJ, November 22, 2011, 183(17) © 2011 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors Every time cancer is diagnosed in a child, a journey begins. For many, advances in diagnostics and treatment allow the journey to end with a cure. The National Cancer Institute estimates that of the 10 million cancer survivors in the United States today, about 270 000 received their diagnoses as children...

End of life decisions and quality of care before death.

Goals of care at the end of life.

OBJECTIVE to evaluate satisfaction with inpatient hospice goals at the end of life and to determine steps for program improvement. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING prospective observational study of patients admitted to an inpatient Veterans Affairs Medical Center hospice unit, located in an urban setting with dedicated 16 hospice and 20 palliative care beds. Patients and their families are cared for...

Nurses' attitude towards end-of-life care in neonatal intensive care units

Introduction: Infants with life-threatening conditions need to receive palliative care. Nurses should have appropriate attitudes due to their key role in end-of-life care to the patient.Therefore, this study is conducted with the aim of "determining attitude of nurses towards end-of-life care in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) ". Method: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 214 nurs...