ArticleNursing open2023
Healthcare professionals' perceptions of psychosocial support for family members in palliative care inpatient units-A qualitative descriptive study.
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- Exploring nurses experiences in delivering palliative care to patients with advanced cancer.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of the Palliative Care Needs of Patients with Severe Brain Injury and Their Caregivers: A Qualitative Study.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Family Members' Psychosocial Support in Palliative Inpatient Care: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of family nursing · 2025Article
- Aiming for survival: a qualitative single case study of support for family members across the care process in outpatient colorectal cancer care.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Healthcare professionals' perceptions of psychosocial support for family members in palliative care inpatient units-A qualitative descriptive study.Nursing open · 2023Article
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Abstract
aimThis study aimed to describe the psychosocial support healthcare professionals in specialist palliative inpatient units provide to family members of palliative care patients.
designA qualitative descriptive design.
methodThe data were collected with focus group interviews and analysed with inductive content analysis.
resultsAltogether, 48 healthcare professionals, including physicians, registered nurses and practical nurses, participated in the study. Information sharing was recognised as an essential element of support. Methods to improve support of family members included an opportunity to allocate recourses to the families, systematic support and strengthening healthcare professionals' competence in family care. The healthcare professionals describe their perceptions of psychosocial support for family members primarily through patient care and the patient's situation rather than family needs. Direct support for the family members is realised principally by information sharing and conversations. Healthcare professionals express their opportunities to implement support focusing on family members' needs restricted by reason of organisational resources. The information can be used when developing and improving family care in palliative care context to recognise the most relevant needs from healthcare professionals' perspective and also when implementing healthcare professionals' education and training.
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