ArticleBMC palliative care2021
Cultures that collide: an ethnographic study of the introduction of a palliative care consultation team on acute wards.
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- Interprofessional collaboration between hospital-based palliative care teams and hospital ward staff: A realist review.PloS one · 2025Review
- Ethical challenges around thirst in end-of-life care -experiences of palliative care physicians.BMC medical ethics · 2023Article
- Early Integration of Palliative Care in Hospitals: How Can Palliative Care Consultation Teams Drive Practice Change?Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAcute care and palliative care (PC) are described as different incompatible organisational care cultures. Few studies have observed the actual meeting between these two cultures. In this paper we report part of ethnographic results from an intervention study where a palliative care consultation team (PCCT) used an integrative bedside education approach, trying to embed PC principles and interventions into daily practice in acute wards. PURPOSE: To study the meeting and interaction of two different care cultures, palliative care and curative acute wards, when a PCCT introduces consulting services to acute wards regarding end-of-life palliative care, focusing on the differences between the cultures.
methodsAn ethnographic study design was used, including observations, interviews and diary entries. A PCCT visited acute care wards during 1 year. The analysis was inspired by Spradleys ethnography.
resultsThree themes were found: 1) Anticipations meets reality; 2) Valuation of time and prioritising; and 3) The content and creation of palliative care.
conclusionThere are many differences in values, and the way PC are provided in the acute care wards compared to what a PCCT expects. The didactic challenges are many and the PC require effort.
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