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Nurse's Conflict Experience toward End-of-life Medical Decision-making  

Jo, Kae-Hwa (College of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu)
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Korean Journal of Adult Nursing / v.22, no.5, 2010 , pp. 488-498 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore clinical nurse's reported conflict experience toward end-of-life medical decision making. Methods: Data were collected by in-depth interviews with eight nurses from three different wards of university hospital in D city of Korea. Conventional qualitative analysis was used to analyze the data. Results: Results were three major themes and twelve categories from the analysis. The three major themes were prioritization of treatment, non-disclosure of diagnosis, and hierarchical and power relations. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that shared decision making in end of life among patient, family members, physician, and nurse may contribute to improve end-of-life care performance as well as dignified dying of patient in end of life.
Keywords
End-of-life; Decision-making; Nurse; Conflict; Experience;
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