Intensivists' Religiosity and Perceived Conflict During a Simulated ICU Family Meeting.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Conflict is frequently reported by both clinicians and surrogate decision makers for adult patients in intensive care units. Because religious clinicians view religion as an important dimension of end-of-life care, we hypothesized that religious critical care attendings (intensivists) would be more comfortable and perceive less conflict when discussing a patient's critical illness with a religious surrogate.

Objectives

The objective of this study was to assess if religious intensivists are more or less likely to perceive conflict during a simulated family meeting than secular colleagues.

Methods

Intensivists were recruited to participate in a standardized, simulated family meeting with an actor portraying a family member of a critically ill patient. Intensivis

SUBMITTER: Moale A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7024641 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature