End-of-life dignity in Home Hospice: Insights from staff members' narratives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dignity is a cornerstone of end-of-life (EoL) care, particularly in Home Hospice (HH) settings, where most patients wish to spend their final days. Despite HH staff's crucial role in preserving EoL dignity and their unique challenges, their views of EoL dignity remain underexplored. Moreover, the limited research draws on declarative descriptions, failing to capture the dynamic nature of EoL dignity as embedded in daily practice.

Objectives

To address these gaps, we aimed to identify EoL dignity values and strategies embedded in HH staff's narratives on (in)dignity in their daily practice, that is, dignity-in-action.

Design

Qualitative research using narrative methodology.

Methods

Drawing on the narrative research paradigm, 17 multidisciplinar

SUBMITTER: Yakov G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12214316 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature