The use of Grounded theory in palliative care: methodological challenges and strategies

Journal of Palliative Medicine
Stephanie StielLukas Radbruch

Abstract

The need for research methods that are suited to evaluate important issues and phenomena in palliative care has established different qualitative research approaches during the last years. This article describes the use and adaptation of a qualitative research methodology in a palliative care setting. The wish for hastened death of terminally ill patients is an important end-of-life issue. Proponents of palliative care have argued that good palliative care would prevent the wish for hastened death. However, this wish is stated by a few patients receiving palliative care, raising a challenging dilemma for patients, relatives and caregivers involved. In order to investigate the motivations of the patients asking for hastened death, we conducted a qualitative study using Grounded theory (GT). This article aims to illustrate the use of a flexible, less burdening qualitative research method and the adaptation of the research process of GT in a palliative care research setting. This is based on experiences and illustrated by examples from the qualitative study on the wish for hastened death in patients receiving palliative care. GT allowed a systematic understanding of patients' experiences and attitudes and careful in-depth explorat...Continue Reading

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