Being Heard: A Qualitative Study of Lithuanian Health Care Professionals' Perceptions of Dignity at the End-of-Life.

ABSTRACT: Background: The literature on professionals' perceptions of dignity at the end-of-life (EOL) shows that there is a need for studies set in different cultural contexts. Lithuania represents one of these little-studied contexts. The aim of this study is to understand professionals' attitudes, experiences, and suggestions concerning EOL dignity to provide knowledge upon which efforts to improve EOL care can be grounded. The research questions are "How do Lithuanian health care professionals understand the essence of dignity at the end-of-life of terminally ill patients?" and "How do they believe that dignity at the EOL can be enhanced?". Materials and Methods: The study was exploratory and descriptive. It employed an interpretive phenomenological method to understand the essence of the phenom

SUBMITTER: Butkeviciene R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8707950 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature