Patients' perceptions of autonomy in palliative care: Two patient interview exemplars.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although palliative care embraces person-centred principles and autonomy to meet patients' holistic needs, autonomy is not automatically assured and few studies cover patients' lived experiences. Consequently, current thinking about dying and palliative care practices would benefit from an in-depth understanding of patient experiences. Such research provides an opportunity to challenge assumptions about patient preferences for the amount and type of care and decision-making involvement, especially for the way patient preferences may vary between individuals and change through the palliative care process.

Objectives

This project aimed to investigate patient conceptualisations and preferences for autonomy while receiving palliative care.

Design

This qualitati

SUBMITTER: Tulloch K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12816502 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature