"Death Is Not a Dirty Word:" A Qualitative Study of Emergency Clinician End-of-Life Communication.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Pediatric patients with life-limiting diagnoses frequently seek care in the pediatric emergency department (PED) during times of acute illness, or at end-of-life (EOL) . Although the population of patients with life-limiting diagnoses is heterogenous, clinician expertise in EOL communication is essential to providing family-centered care. In this study, we explored PED physician and nurse experiences with communication when eliciting EOL values, including factors specified to the PED environment, clinician perceptions of family supports and preferences, and clinicians' self-reflection of their skills and challenges in this sphere.

Methods

We performed a prospective qualitative study using semistructured interviews of PED physicians and nurses recruited from a quat

SUBMITTER: Kotler H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12045302 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature