Table 1.

Domains of ICU Palliative Care

Source	Domains of Care
Professional Consensus (Critical Care Peer Workgroup of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care Program(67))	Symptom Management and Comfort Care Patient- and family-centered decision making Communication with the team and with patients and families Emotional and practical support for patients and families Spiritual support for patients and families Continuity of care Emotional and organizational support for ICU clinicians
ICU Patients and Families	Timely, compassionate, clear communication by clinicians Patient- and family-focused decision making Patient care maintaining comfort, personhood Proximity of families to patients Interdisciplinary support of family including bereavement care

.Adapted from Nelson JE et al(68)