Racial Differences in Shared Decision-Making About Critical Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Shared decision-making is the preferred method for evaluating complex tradeoffs in the care of patients with critical illness. However, it remains unknown whether critical care clinicians engage diverse patients and caregivers equitably in shared decision-making.

Objective

To compare critical care clinicians' approaches to shared decision-making in recorded conversations with Black and White caregivers of patients with critical illness.

Design, setting, and participants

This thematic analysis consisted of unstructured clinician-caregiver meetings audio-recorded during a randomized clinical trial of a decision aid about prolonged mechanical ventilation at 13 intensive care units in the US. Participants in meetings included critical care clinicians and Black

SUBMITTER: Ashana DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10897823 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature