Therapeutic Obstinacy in End-of-Life Care-A Perspective of Healthcare Professionals from Romania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

End-of-life care raises ethical, moral, legal and economic dilemmas, especially when physicians have to decide whether to initiate or to stop treatments that may be considered disproportionate and futile.

Aim

To explore the opinion of health care professionals involved in end-of-life patient care on interventions considered disproportionate and futile at this stage of care, the causes and factors of pressure leading to such situations, and possible solutions to reduce the phenomenon.

Material and method

The study used an adapted, designed questionnaire intended for health professionals caring for patients at the end of life. The 128 respondents were physicians, nurses, psychologists and social workers who expressed their opinions about therapeutic obstinacy

SUBMITTER: Bacoanu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11353386 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature