Values, preferences and goals identified during shared decision making between critically ill patients and their doctors.

Examine values, preferences and goals elicited by doctors following goals-of-care (GOC) discussions with critically ill patients who had life-limiting illnesses. Descriptive qualitative study using four-stage latent content analysis. Tertiary intensive care unit (ICU) in South Western Victoria.

Effect of communication skills training on documentation of shared decision-making for patients with life-limiting illness: An observational study in an intensive care unit.

Objectives: This article aims to examine the association between a shared decision-making (SDM) clinical communication training program and documentation of SDM for patients with life-limiting illness (LLI) admitted to intensive care.

Methods: This article used a prospective, longitudinal observational study in a tertiary intensive care unit (ICU). Outcomes included the proportion of patients with SDM documented on an institutional Goals of Care Form during hospital admission, as well as characteristics, outcomes, and factors associated with an SDM admission.