2016
DOI: 10.1177/0269216316673547
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Dying in the hospital setting: A meta-synthesis identifying the elements of end-of-life care that patients and their families describe as being important

Abstract: Consumer narratives help to provide a clearer direction as to what is important for hospital end-of-life care. Systems are needed to enable optimal end-of-life care, in accordance with consumer priorities, and embedded into routine hospital care.

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“…Virdun et al (2017) argue that many family members’ needs are still not met in acute-care settings, and how to achieve optimal EoL care remains a challenge. One relevant future research question is; how can expertise, ideas and insights from patients, family and staff be used in participatory processes to achieve more supportive environments in acute care?…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Virdun et al (2017) argue that many family members’ needs are still not met in acute-care settings, and how to achieve optimal EoL care remains a challenge. One relevant future research question is; how can expertise, ideas and insights from patients, family and staff be used in participatory processes to achieve more supportive environments in acute care?…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Acute-care hospitals are thus a common place of death internationally; however they are generally fast-paced, high-tech environments, with care of the dying neither a primary focus nor prioritized (Bloomer, Endacott, O’Connor, & Cross, 2013; Chan, Macdonald, Carnevale, & Cohen, 2017). Several researchers point to deficits in quality end-of-life (EoL) care in acute-care hospitals (Al-Qurainy, Collis, & Feuer, 2009; Oliver & O’Connor, 2015; Reyniers, Houttekier, Cohen, Pasman, & Deliens, 2014), with both organizational and environmental factors contributing to a lack of support for dying persons and their family members (Sheward, Clark, Marshall, & Allan, 2011; Virdun, Luckett, Lorenz, Davidson, & Phillips, 2017). …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The need for privacy, cleanliness and quiet; and 3. Space is required to support cultural practices (Virdun et al, 2016) This example shows the importance of working closely with two datasets to fully answer a research question, but with important distinctions in the approach taken in each case. Whereas a synthesis of quantitative data is usually summative, a synthesis of qualitative data assumes that 'the whole is greater than the sum of the parts' and seeks to expand interpretation beyond the primary studies themselves.…”
Section: Methods For Synthesismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Dying in the hospital setting: A systematic review of quantitative studies identifying the elements of end-of-life care that patients and their families rank as being most important (Virdun et al, 2015); and 2. Dying in the hospital setting: A metasynthesis identifying the elements of end-of-life care that patients and their families describe as being important (Virdun, Luckett, Lorenz, Davidson, & Phillips, 2016).…”
Section: Methods For Synthesismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recent research suggests that feeling powerful reduces our death anxiety, whereas disempowerment increases death anxiety 13 . Therefore, the therapeutic relationship in end‐of‐life care should aim to minimise the power differential between clinician and patient, empower the patient and their family in their care, and provide expertise with respectful and compassionate care via effective communication 7 , 14 …”
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