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Best Practice in Telephone Bereavement Support: A Thematic Analysis of Bereavement Support Providers' Perspectives
Omega (Westport). 2023 Sep 11:302228231199876. doi: 10.1177/00302228231199876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTelephone bereavement support is recommended in bereavement care policy and practice; however, little is known about what constitutes best practice. To explore how best practice in telephone bereavement support is conceptualized by those who provide the service, 26 healthcare professionals working in Australian hospitals, hospices, and other palliative care settings were interviewed. Thematic analysis was used to construct seven themes: A Valuable Service with Limited Resources, The First Call, The Dance of Rapport,...
Source: Omega - September 11, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Lexy Staniland Charmaine Too Laura Butshiire Shelly Skinner Lauren J Breen Source Type: research
Applying the Generalizability Theory to Identify the Sources of Validity Evidence for the Quality of Communication Questionnaire
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2023 Sep 10:10499091231201546. doi: 10.1177/10499091231201546. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTEffective doctor-patient-family communication is an integral and sensitive part of health care, assessing its quality is essential to identify aspects needing disclosure and, if necessary, improvement. Cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the sources of evidence of validity and the number of participants needed to reliably apply the Quality of Communication Questionnaire (QoC) through Generalizability Theory (GT). The mean age of the 150 patients hospitalized at the end of life was 50.5 (SD = 13.8) years, ...
Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - September 11, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Fl ávia Del Castanhel Fernanda R Fonseca Luciana Bonnassis Burg Leonardo Maia Nogueira Get úlio Rodrigues de Oliveira Filho Suely Grosseman Source Type: research
Best Practice in Telephone Bereavement Support: A Thematic Analysis of Bereavement Support Providers' Perspectives
Omega (Westport). 2023 Sep 11:302228231199876. doi: 10.1177/00302228231199876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTelephone bereavement support is recommended in bereavement care policy and practice; however, little is known about what constitutes best practice. To explore how best practice in telephone bereavement support is conceptualized by those who provide the service, 26 healthcare professionals working in Australian hospitals, hospices, and other palliative care settings were interviewed. Thematic analysis was used to construct seven themes: A Valuable Service with Limited Resources, The First Call, The Dance of Rapport,...
Source: Omega - September 11, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Lexy Staniland Charmaine Too Laura Butshiire Shelly Skinner Lauren J Breen Source Type: research
Room to Improve: An Audit of In-Hospital End-of-Life Care for Oncology Patients in a Tertiary Cancer Centre in Ireland During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Omega (Westport). 2023 Sep 5:302228231196620. doi: 10.1177/00302228231196620. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic compounded isolation for patients through social distancing measures and staff shortages. We were concerned about the impact of COVID-19 on the quality of care provided at end-of-life in 2021 in a national cancer centre, and instigated the first ever review of the care of the dying. Quality of care was assessed retrospectively using a validated instrument developed by the United Kingdom's National Quality Board. Sixty-six patient deaths occurred in our cancer centre in 2021. The 'risk of dying' ...
Source: Omega - September 6, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Hailey K Carroll Aoife Broderick Orfhlaith McCarthy Richard M Bambury Derek G Power Dearbhaile C Collins Roisin M Connolly Sinead A Noonan Dan Collins Elaine Cunningham Mary Kennedy Kieron O'Driscoll Daniel Nuzum Katie Twomey Aideen O'Riordan Finola O'Sul Source Type: research
Effective communication in palliative care from the perspectives of patients and relatives: A systematic review
Palliat Support Care. 2023 Aug 30:1-24. doi: 10.1017/S1478951523001165. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: In palliative care, effective communication is essential to adequately meet the needs and preferences of patients and their relatives. Effective communication includes exchanging information, facilitates shared decision-making, and promotes an empathic care relationship. We explored the perspectives of patients with an advanced illness and their relatives on effective communication with health-care professionals.METHODS: A systematic review was conducted. We searched Embase, Medline, Web of Science, CINAHL, and...
Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - August 30, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Marijanne Engel Marijke C Kars Saskia C C M Teunissen Agnes van der Heide Source Type: research
