Category Archive for: "palliative care"

Development and Pilot Testing of a Simulation to Study How Physicians Facilitate Surrogate Decision-Making Based on Critically Ill Patients’ Values and Preferences

November 24, 2018 palliative care

Context: There are no evidence-based programs to train physicians to facilitate shared decision-making based on incapacitated intensive care unit (ICU) patients’ values and preferences. [...]
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Did a goals-of-care discussion happen? Differences in the occurrence of goals-of-care discussions as reported by patients, clinicians, and in the electronic health record

November 24, 2018 palliative care

Context: Goals-of-care discussions are associated with improved end-of-life care for patients and therefore may be used as a process measure in quality improvement, research, and reimbursement [...]
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What Do Chaplains Do: The Views of Palliative Care Physicians, Nurses, and Social Workers

November 24, 2018 palliative care

It is well accepted that attention to spiritual concerns is a core dimension of palliative care. It is similarly well accepted that chaplains are the spiritual care specialists who should address [...]
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Development of a tool to identify and assess psychosocial and spiritual needs in end-of-life patients: The ENP-E scale

October 28, 2018 palliative care

Objective: The goal of this study is to describe the development of a new tool, the Psychosocial and Spiritual Needs Evaluation scale Instrumento de Evaluación de Necesidades Psicosociales y [...]
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Chaplains Working in Palliative Care: Who They Are and What They Do.

October 28, 2018 palliative care

BACKGROUND: Palliative care (PC) programs utilize chaplains to address patients’ spiritual care needs; however, there is no comprehensive description of chaplaincy in PC programs [...]
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