Experiences of staff providing specialist palliative care during COVID-19: a multiple qualitative case study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the experiences of, and impact on, staff working in palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Qualitative multiple case study using semi-structured interviews between November 2020 and April 2021 as part of the CovPall study. Data were analysed using thematic framework analysis.

Setting

Organisations providing specialist palliative services in any setting.

Participants

Staff working in specialist palliative care, purposefully sampled by the criteria of role, care setting and COVID-19 experience.

Main outcome measures

Experiences of working in palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

Five cases and 24 participants were recruited (n = 12 nurses, 4 clinical managers, 4 doctors, 2 senior managers, 1 healthc

SUBMITTER: Bradshaw A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9158238 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature