The "big picture": Communicating with families about end-of-life care in intensive care unit

Joan Liaschenko; Susan O'Conner-Von; Cynthia Peden-Mcalpine

doi:10.1097/DCC.0b013e3181ac4c95

The "big picture": Communicating with families about end-of-life care in intensive care unit

Joan Liaschenko, Susan O'Conner-Von, Cynthia Peden-Mcalpine

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This article presents the findings of a qualitative study investigating how critical care nurses include families in end-of-life care. The major theme, "Supporting the Families' Journey Through the Dying Process," illustrates how critical care nurses organize information to construct the "big picture" of the patients' deteriorating status and artfully communicate this to families.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	224-231
Number of pages	8
Journal	Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
Volume	28
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/DCC.0b013e3181ac4c95
State	Published - Sep 1 2009

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Communication
End of life
Families

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