Background: Dying in the complex, efficiency-driven environment of the intensive care unit
can be dehumanizing for the patient and have profound, long-lasting consequences for all …

Rationale: The austere setting of the intensive care unit (ICU) can suppress expressions of
spirituality. Objectives: To describe how family members and clinicians experience and …

Background Pandemic-related restrictions are expected to continue to shape end-of-life care
and impact the experiences of dying hospitalised patients and their families. Objective To …

Background: The 3 Wishes Project (3WP) is an end-of-life program that aims to honor the
dignity of dying patients by creating meaningful patient-and family-centered memories while …

Background Little is known about the effect of chaplains on critical care nurses who are
caring for critically ill patients and their families. Objective To understand nurses' …

Objective The Word Cloud is a frequent wish in the 3 Wishes Project developed to nurture
peace and ease the grieving process for dying critically ill patients. The objective was to …

Background: The 3 Wishes Project is a semistructured program that improves the quality of
care for patients dying in the intensive care unit by eliciting and implementing wishes. This …

Background A recent randomized trial of bereaved family members of patients who died in
an intensive care unit identified symptoms of depression and posttraumatic stress in …

Background Scaling-up and sustaining healthcare interventions can be challenging. Our
objective was to describe how the 3 Wishes Project (3WP), a personalized end-of-life …

Background Initially developed in the intensive care unit (ICU) at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Hamilton (SJHH) the 3 Wishes Project (3WP) provides personalized, compassionate care to …