Feasibility Study on Implementing Consultation-based High-quality Palliative Care Services in Intensive Care Units

"Family Counseling: Social workers implement a supportive process for families, assessing the individualized psychosocial and decisional support needs of patients and families to provide foundational data for palliative care consultations.~Family Meeting Support: In cases of high medical complexity, uncertainty, value conflicts, or communication issues, the palliative care consultation team supports the facilitation of family meetings.~Consultation: The palliative care team provides consultations to the attending physician based on the palliative care needs assessed during family counseling. Topics include symptom management, understanding treatment options, decisional conflict, emotional and practical support, goal of care setting, resources, and bereavement support.~Palliative Care by attending Physician: The attending physician incorporates the consultations received from the palliative care consultation team to provide high-quality palliative care to patients and their families."