Interdisciplinary discussions on palliative care among university students in Spain: giving voice to the social debate.

ABSTRACT:

Background

University students are the future professionals who will influence society. It is thus essential to improve students' understanding of palliative care (PC), especially those in the non-health field, to generate and encourage propitious opinions about PC. This study describes the perceptions of PC among university students from different disciplines.

Method

Qualitative exploratory study using virtual focus groups (FGs) and design thinking (DT) approach. An intentional sample of students from various disciplines, universities and cities from Spain were selected. Numerous researchers from different fields were involved in the discussion of the final thematic analysis.

Results

Four themes and seven subthemes were found: i) Students have an ambiguous understand

SUBMITTER: Reigada C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8354019 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature