Effect of Palliative Care-Led Meetings for Families of Patients With Chronic Critical Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Family caregivers of patients with chronic critical illness experience significant psychological distress. To determine whether family informational and emotional support meetings led by palliative care clinicians improve family anxiety and depression. A multicenter randomized clinical trial conduct...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 316; no. 1; pp. 51 - 62
Main Authors:	Carson, Shannon S, Cox, Christopher E, Wallenstein, Sylvan, Hanson, Laura C, Danis, Marion, Tulsky, James A, Chai, Emily, Nelson, Judith E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 05.07.2016
Subjects:	Anxiety - diagnosis Anxiety - therapy Caregivers - psychology Chronic Disease Critical Illness Decision Making Depression - diagnosis Depression - therapy Family Female Humans Intensive Care Units Length of Stay Male Middle Aged Palliative Care Patient Preference Proxy Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
ISSN:	1538-3598
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