"Hanging in a balance": A qualitative study exploring clinicians' experiences of providing care at the end of life in the burn unit.

Palliative Medicine
Jonathan BayuoRamatu Agambire

Abstract

Although the culture in burns/critical care units is gradually evolving to support the delivery of palliative/end of life care, how clinicians experience the end of life phase in the burn unit remains minimally explored with a general lack of guidelines to support them. To explore the end of life care experiences of burn care staff and ascertain how their experiences can facilitate the development of clinical guidelines. Interpretive-descriptive qualitative approach with a sequential two phased multiple data collection strategies was employed (face to face semi-structured in-depth interviews and follow-up consultative meeting). Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. The study was undertaken in a large teaching hospital in Ghana. Twenty burn care staff who had a minimum of 6 months working experience completed the interviews and 22 practitioners participated in the consultative meeting. Experiences of burn care staff are complex with four themes emerging: (1) evaluating injury severity and prognostication, (2) nature of existing system of care, (3) perceived patient needs, and (4) considerations for palliative care in burns. Guidelines in this regard should focus on facilitating communication between the patient and fam...Continue Reading

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Apr 10, 2021·Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries·Jonathan BayuoPaa Ekow Hoyte-Williams
Apr 23, 2021·International Journal of Palliative Nursing·Karen Heggs
May 11, 2021·Journal of Burn Care & Research : Official Publication of the American Burn Association·Jonathan BayuoPius Agbenorku

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