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Multicenter Study
Perception by family members and ICU staff of the quality of dying and death in the ICU: a prospective multicenter study in The Netherlands.
Admission to the ICU is a major event in a patient’s life and also for family members. We tried to elucidate how family members and ICU caregivers experience the dying process of their patients. ⋯ Quality of dying and death is generally perceived to be good by family members and caregivers of patients who die in Dutch ICUs. There is a need for modification of the QODD questionnaire for the European ICU population.