Expanding the 3 Wishes Project for compassionate end-of-life care: a qualitative evaluation of local adaptations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 3 Wishes Project (3WP) is an end-of-life program that honors the dignity of dying patients by fostering meaningful connections among patients, families, and clinicians. Since 2013, it has become embedded in the culture of end-of-life care in over 20 ICUs across North America. The purpose of the current study is to describe the variation in implementation of 3WP across sites, in order to ascertain which factors facilitated multicenter implementation, which factors remain consistent across sites, and which may be adapted to suit local needs.

Methods

Using the methodology of qualitative description, we collected interview and focus group data from 85 clinicians who participated in the successful initiation and sustainment of 3WP in 9 ICUs. We describe the transit

SUBMITTER: Vanstone M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7325646 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature