2008
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684x-7-12
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Family meetings in palliative care: Multidisciplinary clinical practice guidelines

Abstract: BackgroundSupport for family carers is a core function of palliative care. Family meetings are commonly recommended as a useful way for health care professionals to convey information, discuss goals of care and plan care strategies with patients and family carers. Yet it seems there is insufficient research to demonstrate the utlility of family meetings or the best way to conduct them. This study sought to develop multidisciplinary clinical practice guidelines for conducting family meetings in the specialist p… Show more

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“…Studies (3)(4) show that, with the proximity of death, issues such as fear of the unknown, myths, uncertainties due to the prognosis related to a life-threatening disease, and doubts about the modifying therapy of the disease, and if this brings benefits or only protects the process of dysthanasia. This is corroborated by the studies analyzed (8,(12)(13) , which show, among the indications for a family reunion, that of the need to identify what the family already knows about the patient's prognosis and whether there are gaps and doubts to be resolved.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 58%
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“…Studies (3)(4) show that, with the proximity of death, issues such as fear of the unknown, myths, uncertainties due to the prognosis related to a life-threatening disease, and doubts about the modifying therapy of the disease, and if this brings benefits or only protects the process of dysthanasia. This is corroborated by the studies analyzed (8,(12)(13) , which show, among the indications for a family reunion, that of the need to identify what the family already knows about the patient's prognosis and whether there are gaps and doubts to be resolved.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 58%
“…With the family conference it is possible, through active listening, to clarify doubts, discuss feelings and reduce the psychosocial anxieties present (8) . To address the doubts of patients and their families is to respect the autonomy of the other and to offer them the possibility of choices, fulfilling what is proposed in the philosophical principles of palliative care presented by WHO in meeting the effective needs of support to families (12)(13) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Effective communication can improve family experiences and family satisfaction and may affect the timeliness of decision-making for the dying patient [8]. Providing a family meeting in a structured format is one method to deliver a consistent framework for conducting the family meeting in a critical care setting [9]. A structured format, such as a checklist used in this project, can provide a more comfortable, standardized approach to address difficult communication situations and can offer education and experience for providers.…”
Section: Significancementioning
confidence: 99%