Qualitative research on refusing to give up treatment of family members for ICU end-of-life patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2016.05.010
- VernacularTitle:ICU生命末期患者家属拒绝放弃治疗的质性研究
- Author:
Mengjie LIU
1
;
Jingci ZHU
Author Information
1. 646000 泸州，西南医科大学附属医院门诊部
- Keywords:
End of life;
Give up treatment;
Family members;
Qualitative research;
Intensive care unit
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2016;22(5):635-638
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the reasons that relatives refused to give up treatment for ICU end-of-life patients. Methods A depth interview was conducted to analyze themes with 10 relatives of end-of-life patients from level three classes A hospitals by using phenomenological method. Results Four themes were abstracted including economic conditions, death place, cognition of death, opinions of family members. Conclusions Giving-up treatment for end-of-life patients in ICU should be legalized and standardized as soon as possible in order to reduce the patients′dying suffering and provide a theoretical basis for the development of hospice care in ICU.
