All disease processes are not cured with advanced medical care. Intensive Care Unit (ICU) care in many cases prolongs the process of inevitable death. Over time, palliation and end of life (EOL) care have become inexorably entwined in ICU practices and protocols. In the ICUs, nurses form a closer relationship with the patients and their relatives than the other members of the treating team. [1] However, there is no information on the degree of percolation of this training into the Indian nursing curriculum and practice. This may be vital to the holistic implementation of the principles of palliation and EOL practices in ICUs. We aimed to study the knowledge and attitude of critical care nurses about EOL and palliative care in ICUs.
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