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Patsy D. Treece
Researcher at University of Washington
Publications - 30
Citations - 3761
Patsy D. Treece is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: End-of-life care & Palliative care. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 29 publications receiving 3315 citations. Previous affiliations of Patsy D. Treece include Anschutz Medical Campus & Harborview Medical Center.
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Family satisfaction with family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: increased proportion of family speech is associated with increased satisfaction.
Jonathan R. McDonagh,Tricia B. Elliott,Ruth A. Engelberg,Patsy D. Treece,Sarah E. Shannon,Gordon D. Rubenfeld,Donald L. Patrick,J. Randall Curtis +7 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that allowing family members more opportunity to speak during conferences may improve family satisfaction, and increased proportion of family speech during ICU family conferences was significantly associated with increased family satisfaction with physician communication.
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The family conference as a focus to improve communication about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: opportunities for improvement.
J R. Curtis,Donald L. Patrick,Sarah E. Shannon,Patsy D. Treece,Ruth A. Engelberg,Gordon D. Rubenfeld +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of communication about end-of-life care during the family conference and specific recommendations for physicians and nurses interested in improving the quality of their communication with family members are discussed.
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Missed opportunities during family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit.
J. Randall Curtis,Ruth A. Engelberg,Marjorie D. Wenrich,Sarah E. Shannon,Patsy D. Treece,Gordon D. Rubenfeld +5 more
TL;DR: Identification of missed opportunities during ICU family conferences provides suggestions for improving communication during these conferences, and opportunities to pursue key principles of medical ethics and palliative care are identified.
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Randomized Trial of Communication Facilitators to Reduce Family Distress and Intensity of End-of-Life Care
J. Randall Curtis,Patsy D. Treece,Elizabeth L. Nielsen,Julia A. Gold,Paul Ciechanowski,Sarah E. Shannon,Nita Khandelwal,Jessica P. Young,Ruth A. Engelberg +8 more
TL;DR: This is the first study to find a reduction in intensity of end-of-life care with similar or improved family distress and Communication facilitators may be associated with decreased family depressive symptoms at 6 months.
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Effect of a quality-improvement intervention on end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a randomized trial.
J. Randall Curtis,Elizabeth L. Nielsen,Patsy D. Treece,Lois Downey,Danae Dotolo,Sarah E. Shannon,Anthony L. Back,Gordon D. Rubenfeld,Ruth A. Engelberg +8 more
TL;DR: This quality-improvement intervention to improve intensive care unit (ICU) end-of-life care was associated with no improvement in quality of dying and no change in ICU length of stay before death or time from ICU admission to withdrawal of life-sustaining measures.