Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Prioritizing Compassion Within the ICU and Beyond

Rebecca A Aslakson^{1

2}, Christopher E Cox^{3

4}, Judith G Baggs⁵, J Randall Curtis^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
² Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Palliative Care Section, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁴ Program to Support People and Enhance Recovery (ProSPER), Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁵ School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
⁶ Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
⁷ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Rebecca A Aslakson et al. Crit Care Med. 2021.

. 2021 Oct 1;49(10):1626-1637.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005208.

Rebecca A Aslakson^{1

2}, Christopher E Cox^{3

4}, Judith G Baggs⁵, J Randall Curtis^{6

7}

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
² Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Palliative Care Section, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁴ Program to Support People and Enhance Recovery (ProSPER), Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁵ School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
⁶ Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
⁷ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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