Context The goal of end-of-life (EOL) communication and decision making is to create a shared
understanding about a person’s values and treatment preferences that will lead to a plan …

This 2023 Clinical Practice Guideline provides the biomedical definition of death based on
permanent cessation of brain function that applies to all persons, as well as …

Context Delirium is a highly prevalent complication in patients in palliative care settings,
especially in the end-of-life context. Objectives To review the current evidence base for treating …

Background: Organ donation research has centered on improving donation rates rather than
focusing on the experience and impact on substitute decision makers. The purpose of this …

Symptom management and end-of-life care are core skills for all physicians, although in
ordinary times many anesthesiologists have fewer occasions to use these skills. The current …

Context Delirium occurs in patients across a wide array of health care settings. The extent to
which formal management guidelines exist or are adaptable to palliative care is unclear. …

This article addresses the following question: should physicians obtain consent from the
patient (through an advance directive) or their surrogate decision-maker to perform the …

Clarity regarding the biomedical definition of death and the criteria for its determination is
critical to inform practices in clinical care, medical research, law, and organ donation. While …

Purpose Neurologic determination of death (NDD) is legally accepted as death in Canada
but remains susceptible to misunderstandings. In some cases, families request continued …

Guidelines for the determination of death by neurologic criteria (DNC) require an absence
of confounding factors if clinical examination alone is to be used. Drugs that depress the …