The decision for hospice care in patients with terminal illness in Shanghai: A mixed-method study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate why patients with terminal illness and their families in Shanghai choose the hospice ward and their decision-making process.

Methods

This was a mixed-method study consisting of a cross-sectional survey and a descriptive qualitative study. Medical decision-makers for patients hospitalized in hospice wards were recruited between September 2019 and July 2021. A medical decision-maker is a family member who makes medical decisions for a patient. All 146 participants completed a self-developed 10-item questionnaire that included five items about their demographic characteristics and five items about the decision-making process. The semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine participants to understand the family's decision-making process when the

SUBMITTER: Chen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8766772 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature