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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 111-122 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Anesthesiology clinics |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1 2011 |
Keywords
- End-of-life care
- Health care quality
- Health care quality defects
- Intensive care unit
- Palliative care
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
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Aslakson, R., & Pronovost, P. J. (2011). Health Care Quality in End-of-Life Care: Promoting Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit. Anesthesiology clinics, 29(1), 111-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2010.11.001