@article{Becker_Beck_Vincent_Hunziker_2020, title={Communication challenges in end-of-life decisions}, volume={150}, url={https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2872}, DOI={10.4414/smw.2020.20351}, abstractNote={<p><p>With the progress in healthcare over recent decades and a growing life expectancy, discussions and decisions regarding end-of-life issues have become increasingly important. Especially in intensive care and emergency medicine there is a growing need of decision making for optimised end-of-life care. Prolonging life and preventing death is considered to be the highest principle of healthcare professionals; however, in some cases alleviation of suffering is a more appropriate goal. This article discusses communication challenges in end-of-life decision making and outlines strategies from an area of growing interest and research.</p></p>}, number={3738}, journal={Swiss Medical Weekly}, author={Becker, Christoph and Beck, Katharina and Vincent, Alessia and Hunziker, Sabina}, year={2020}, month={Sep.}, pages={w20351} }