Background: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) experience inferior health outcomes. The end-of-life period represents a particularly vulnerable time for LEP patients who may not receive optimal symptom management due to language barriers and other factors. There is limited data on disparities in provider practices around opioid administration based on patient LEP status, particularly at […]

Background: Non-beneficial treatment can be defined as medical interventions that are ineffective in achieving a patient’s desired goals or subject patients to discomfort without significant clinical benefit. At times, critically-ill patients are declined Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission due to perceived lack of benefit but continue to be medically managed on the general medical floor. […]

Background: Non-beneficial treatment can be defined as medical interventions that are ineffective in achieving the desired goals or are “a disservice to patients who are subjected to ongoing and likely uncomfortable conditions with no benefit”. At times, critically ill patients are declined Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission due to perceived lack of benefit from medical […]