The impact of caring for dying patients in intensive care units on a physician's personhood: a systematic scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Supporting physicians in Intensive Care Units (ICU)s as they face dying patients at unprecedented levels due to the COVID-19 pandemic is critical. Amidst a dearth of such data and guided by evidence that nurses in ICUs experience personal, professional and existential issues in similar conditions, a systematic scoping review (SSR) is proposed to evaluate prevailing accounts of physicians facing dying patients in ICUs through the lens of Personhood. Such data would enhance understanding and guide the provision of better support for ICU physicians.

Methods

An SSR adopts the Systematic Evidenced Based Approach (SEBA) to map prevailing accounts of caring for dying patients in ICUs. To enhance the transparency and reproducibility of this process, concurrent and indepen

SUBMITTER: Kuek JTY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7685911 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature