End of Life Care: How Do We Move Forward?

Wee, Bee

doi:10.4997/jrcpe.2017.415

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“…These capabilities include paying close attention to the needs of staff, understanding their situation, responding empathetically and taking thoughtful and appropriate action to help, whilst progressing equality, valuing diversity and challenging power imbalances (National Improvement and Leadership Development Board, 2016). It has been argued that Leadership is the crucial ingredient in improving PEoLC and that system leaders should engage with the complexities of healthcare to bring this about (Wee, 2017). The importance of leadership in this field has also been identified in Australia (Keon-Cohen, 2013) and the United States (Kerfoot, 2012).…”

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Compassionate leadership in palliative and end-of-life care: a focus group study

Hewison

Sawbridge

Tooley

2019

LHS

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Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore compassionate leadership with those involved in leading system-wide end-of-life care. Its purpose was to: define compassionate leadership in the context of palliative and end-of-life care; collect accounts of compassionate leadership activity from key stakeholders in end-of-life and palliative care; and identify examples of compassionate leadership in practice. Design/methodology/approach Four focus groups involving staff from a range of healthcare organisations including hospitals, hospices and community teams were conducted to access the accounts of staff leading palliative and end-of-life care. The data were analysed thematically. Findings The themes that emerged from the data included: the importance of leadership as role modelling and nurturing; how stories were used to explain approaches to leading end-of-life care; the nature of leadership as challenging existing practice; and a requirement for leaders to manage boundaries effectively. Rich and detailed examples of leadership in action were shared. Research limitations/implications The findings indicate that a relational approach to leadership was enacted in a range of palliative and end-of-life care settings. Practical implications Context-specific action learning may be a means of further developing compassionate leadership capability in palliative and end-of-life care and more widely in healthcare settings. Originality/value This paper presents data indicating how compassionate leadership, as a form of activity, is envisaged and enacted by staff in healthcare.

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