The intensive care unit (ICU) is where patients are given some of the most technologically
advanced life-sustaining treatments, and where difficult decisions are made about the …

Our objective was to discuss obstacles and barriers to effective communication and
collaboration regarding end-of-life issues between intensive care unit nurses and …

Background Commentators believe that the ethical decision-making climate is instrumental
in enhancing interprofessional collaboration in intensive care units (ICUs). Our aim was …

Purpose The relative merits of immediate extubation versus terminal weaning for
mechanical ventilation withdrawal are controversial, particularly regarding the experience of …

Background: Many models of patient-physician relationships have been described since a
paternalistic model was postulated in the early 1950s. Among them are the informative …

Objective To evaluate physicians' reasoning, considerations and possible difficulties in end-
of-life decision-making for patients in European intensive care units (ICUs). Design A …

Objective: Addressing the quality gap in ICU-based palliative care is limited by uncertainty
about acceptable models of collaborative specialist and generalist care. Therefore, we …

Background: Available literature suggests that critical care nurses have varied experiences
in relation to end‐of‐life (EOL) care. Few studies have examined the involvement of …

In this article, we report findings from a qualitative study that explored how the relatives of
intensive care unit patients experienced the nurses' role and relationship with them in the …

Objectives Nurses are generally present, and often influential, in supporting patient and
family acceptance of medical futility and in assisting doctors in negotiating referral to …