Finding the balance between person-centred and treatment-centred discussions in advance care planning-a qualitative analysis of conversations within the MUTUAL (Multidisciplinary Timely Undertaken Advance Care Planning conversations) intervention using a narrative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Advance care planning (ACP) aims to create conditions for more person-centred care. We aimed to explore variations in person-centred care discussions and treatment-centred care discussions within ACP conversations in the Multidisciplinary Timely Undertaken Advance Care Planning (MUTUAL) intervention and how person-centred care discussions could be encouraged. The MUTUAL intervention consists of the following: (i) timely patient selection, (ii) the patient and healthcare professionals preparing for the conversation, (iii) a scripted ACP conversation in a multidisciplinary setting and (iv) documentation.

Methods

We conducted a narrative analysis of ACP conversations. A narrative summary template was created and used to analyse 18 audio-recordings.

Results

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SUBMITTER: van Lummel EVTJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10919783 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature