palliative care in the icu …

… a study that tried to improve end-of-life care in the intensive care unit with a series of education interventions concluded that “… this intervention was associated with no improvement in quality of dying … Improving ICU end-of-life care will require interventions with more direct contact with patients and family.” Shades of the SUPPORT study …

There is much wisdom in the “See one … do one … teach one” model of behavioral change.