Background: Advance care planning is the process of discussing and recording patient
preferences concerning goals of care for patients who may lose capacity or communication …

There is little agreement about what constitutes good death or successful dying. The authors
conducted a literature search for published, English-language, peer-reviewed reports of …

Objective: To develop clinical practice guidelines for the support of the patient and family in
the adult, pediatric, or neonatal patient-centered ICU. Participants: A multidisciplinary task …

The death of a child is a special sorrow. No matter the circumstances, a child's death is a life-
altering experience. Except for the child who dies suddenly and without forewarning …

Purpose Although previous research has indicated some recurrent themes and similarities
between what patients from different cultures regard as a good death, the concept is …

Context The goal of end-of-life (EOL) communication and decision making is to create a
shared understanding about a person's values and treatment preferences that will lead to a …

A reliable and valid measure of the quality of the dying experience would help clinicians and
researchers improve care for dying patients. To describe the validity of an instrument …

Background: The aims of this study were to (i) conceptualize dimensions of a good death in
Japanese cancer care,(ii) clarify the relative importance of each component of a good death …

The aim of this study was to develop a measure for evaluating good death from the
bereaved family member's perspective, and to examine the validity and reliability of the …

One of the primary outcomes of end-of-life care should be the experience of a good death by
the patient and the family. Yet there is no clear, shared understanding of what a good death …