Health care interactional suffering in palliative care.

نویسندگان

  • Tan Seng Beng
  • Ng Chong Guan
  • Lim Ee Jane
  • Loh Ee Chin
چکیده

A secondary analysis of 2 qualitative studies was conducted to explore the experiences of suffering caused by interactions with health care providers in the hospital setting. Interview transcripts from 20 palliative care patients and 15 palliative care informal caregivers in University Malaya Medical Centre were thematically analyzed. The results of health care interactional suffering were associated with themes of attention, understanding, communication, competence, and limitation. These 5 themes may serve as a framework for the improvement in interaction skills of health care providers in palliative care.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The American journal of hospice & palliative care

دوره 31 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014