ArticleScandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine2019
Palliative care in the emergency department as seen by providers and users: a qualitative study.
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- Aggressiveness of care in the last days of life in the emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Korea.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- Arranging Hospice Care from the Emergency Department: A Single Center Retrospective Study.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2022Article
- Views of advance care planning in older hospitalized patients following an emergency admission: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2022Article
- [Integration of palliative care into acute care medicine].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2021Article
- Palliative care in the emergency department during a COVID-19 pandemic.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- The Specialist Palliative Care Nurses' in an Italian Hospital: role, competences, and activities.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2021Review
- Delivery of end-of-life care in an emergency department-based intensive care unit.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2020Article
- The end-of-life care in the emergency department setting with respect to the Middle East countries and comparison with the Western countries.Turkish journal of emergency medicineReview
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Abstract
backgroundMuch effort has been made to explore how patients with advanced chronic illness and their families experience care when they attend the Emergency Department, and many studies have investigated how healthcare professionals perceive Palliative Care provision in the Emergency Department. Various models exist, but nonetheless incorporating palliative care into the Emergency Department remains challenging. Considering both healthcare professionals' and users' perspective on problems encountered in delivering and receiving appropriate palliative care within this context may provide important insight into meaningful targets for improvements in quality of care. Accordingly, this study aims at exploring issues in delivering palliative care in the Emergency Department from the perspective of both providers and users, as part of a larger project on the development and implementation of a quality improvement program in Italian Emergency Departments.
methodsA qualitative study involving focus group interviews with Emergency Department professionals and semi-structured interviews with patients with palliative care needs in the Emergency Department and their relatives was conducted. Both datasets were analyzed using Thematic Analysis.
resultsTwenty-one healthcare professionals, 6 patients and 5 relatives participated in this study. Five themes were identified: 1) shared priorities in Emergency Department among healthcare professionals and patients, 2) the information provided by healthcare professionals and that desired by relatives, 3) perception of environment and time, 4) limitations and barriers to the continuity of care, and 5) the contrasting interpretations of giving and receiving palliative care.
conclusionsThis study provides insights into targets for changes in Italian Emergency Departments. Room for improvement relates to training for healthcare professionals on palliative care, the development of a shared care pathway for patients with palliative care needs, and the optimization of Emergency Department environment. These targets will be the basis for the development of a quality improvement program in Italian Emergency Departments.
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