title: Strategies to help initiate and maintain the end-of-life discussion with patients and family members.
abstract: Nurses face barriers in the acute care setting regarding the initiation and maintenance of end-of-life discussions. Identification of and strategies to overcome these barriers are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Progressive Care Unit, ICU-Step Down, St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clabots
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D003643:Death; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*