TY - JOUR AU - Becker, Christoph AU - Beck, Katharina AU - Vincent, Alessia AU - Hunziker, Sabina PY - 2020/09/18 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Communication challenges in end-of-life decisions JF - Swiss Medical Weekly JA - Swiss Med Wkly VL - 150 IS - 3738 SE - Review article: Biomedical intelligence DO - 10.4414/smw.2020.20351 UR - https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2872 SP - w20351 AB - <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> ER -