Painting a Rational Picture During Highly Emotional End-of-Life Discussions: a Qualitative Study of Internal Medicine Trainees and Faculty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-quality communication about end-of-life care results in greater patient and family satisfaction. End-of-life discussions should occur early during the patient's disease trajectory and yet is often addressed only when patients become severely ill. As a result, end-of-life discussions are commonly initiated during unplanned hospital admissions, which create additional challenges for physicians, patients, and families.

Objective

To better understand how internal medicine attending physicians and trainees experience end-of-life discussions with patients and families during acute hospitalizations.

Design

We conducted an interview-based qualitative study using an interpretivist approach. We selected participants based on purposeful maximal variation and theo

SUBMITTER: El-Rouby D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7174481 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature