TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementing a palliative approach in the intensive care unit
T2 - An oxymoron or a realistic possibility?
AU - Athari, Fakhri
AU - Davidson, Patricia M.
AU - Hillman, Ken M.
AU - Phillips, Jane
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 MA Healthcare Ltd.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Providing a palliative approach in an ICU is not an oxymoron and is within our reach today. Implementing a palliative approach will better ensure the needs of older patients and their families are met. Investing in developing the palliative care capabilities of ICUs and implementing appropriate policies that support the delivery of best evidence-based palliative care, will help ICU clinicians move seamlessly from implementing intensive therapies focusing on cure to palliation and relief of symptoms and care of families.
AB - Providing a palliative approach in an ICU is not an oxymoron and is within our reach today. Implementing a palliative approach will better ensure the needs of older patients and their families are met. Investing in developing the palliative care capabilities of ICUs and implementing appropriate policies that support the delivery of best evidence-based palliative care, will help ICU clinicians move seamlessly from implementing intensive therapies focusing on cure to palliation and relief of symptoms and care of families.
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U2 - 10.12968/ijpn.2016.22.4.163
DO - 10.12968/ijpn.2016.22.4.163
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27119402
AN - SCOPUS:84966297358
SN - 1357-6321
VL - 22
SP - 163
EP - 165
JO - International journal of palliative nursing
JF - International journal of palliative nursing
IS - 4
ER -