A multimethod analysis of shared decision-making in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings including family caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Much of the existing research on shared decision-making in hospice and palliative care focuses on the provider-patient dyad; little is known about shared decision-making that is inclusive of family members of patients with advanced disease.

Aim

We sought to describe shared decision-making as it occurred in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings that included family caregivers as participants using video-conferencing technology.

Design

We conducted a multimethod study in which we used content and thematic analysis techniques to analyze video-recordings of hospice interdisciplinary team meetings (n = 100), individual interviews of family caregivers (n = 73) and hospice staff members (n = 78), and research field notes.

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SUBMITTER: Washington KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4753099 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature