Managing understandings of palliative care as more than care immediately before death: Evidence from observational analysis of consultations
Holly Sansone,
Stuart Ekberg,
Sarah Lord
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundEvidence suggests that public, and some professional, understandings of palliative care are limited to care provided immediately before death, which contrasts palliative care's scope as care provided across a range of illness stages.ObjectiveTo examine how clinicians manage patients' understandings of palliative care during initial consultations.DesignInitial palliative care consultations were video‐recorded and analysed using conversation analytic methods.Setting/ParticipantsConsultations were recor… Show more
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