Experiences of healthcare professionals providing palliative care in home settings - a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The growing preference for home-based end-of-life care accords a dignified death for terminally ill patients. However, for healthcare professionals (HCPs) involved, this caregiving approach is embedded with unique psychosocial, practical and emotional stressors. Without sufficient support, HCPs face higher risks of moral distress, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress and burnout-collectively known as the costs of caring-that precipitate depersonalisation and compromised patient care. Despite its far-reaching implications, current understanding of the costs of caring amongst HCPs in home-based settings remains remiss. Thus, we conduct a scoping review to investigate the experiences of HPCs providing home-based palliative care to terminally ill

SUBMITTER: Tan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11951797 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature