Health care quality in end-of-life care: promoting palliative care in the intensive care unit. Anesthesiology clinics Aslakson, R., Pronovost, P. J. 2011; 29 (1): 111–22

Abstract

Seminal articles published in the late 1990s instigated not only an intense interest in health care quality but also a new era of research into quality end-of-life care, particularly in intensive care units (ICUs). ICUs can improve health care quality at the end of life by better using palliative care services and palliative care-related principles. This article details how the interest in health care quality has spurred a similar interest in end-of-life and palliative care in ICUs, defines palliative care and describes how it improves health care quality, and highlights barriers to the incorporation of palliative care in ICUs.

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