The differences in code status conversation approaches reported by emergency medicine and palliative care clinicians: A mixed-method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During acute health deterioration, emergency medicine and palliative care clinicians routinely discuss code status (e.g., shared decision making about mechanical ventilation) with seriously ill patients. Little is known about their approaches. We sought to elucidate how code status conversations are conducted by emergency medicine and palliative care clinicians and why their approaches are different.

Methods

We conducted a sequential-explanatory, mixed-method study in three large academic medical centers in the Northeastern United States. Attending physicians and advanced practice providers working in emergency medicine and palliative care were eligible. Among the survey respondents, we purposefully sampled the participants for follow-up interviews. We collected c

SUBMITTER: Ouchi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10794002 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature