The perspectives of in-hospital healthcare professionals on the timing and collaboration in advance care planning: A survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital admissions are common in the last phase of life. However, palliative care and advance care planning (ACP) are provided late or not at all during hospital admission.

Aim

To provide insight into the perceptions of in-hospital healthcare professionals concerning current and ideal practice and roles of in-hospital palliative care and advance care planning.

Methods

An electronic cross-sectional survey was send 398 in-hospital healthcare professionals in five hospitals in the Netherlands. The survey contained 48 items on perceptions of palliative care and ACP.

Results

We included non-specialists who completed the questions of interest, resulting in analysis of 96 questionnaires. Most respondents were nurses (74%). We found that current practice fo

SUBMITTER: van Doorne I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10121622 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature