Does special education in palliative medicine make a difference in end-of-life decision-making?

Autor: Reetta P. Piili, Juho T. Lehto, Tiina Luukkaala, Heikki Hinkka, Pirkko-Liisa I. Kellokumpu-Lehtinen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: BMC Palliative Care, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-684X
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-018-0349-6
Popis: Abstract Background Characteristics of the physician influence the essential decision-making in end-of-life care. However, the effect of special education in palliative medicine on different aspects of decision-making in end-of-life care remains unknown. The aim of this study was to explore the decision-making in end-of-life care among physicians with or without special competency in palliative medicine (cPM). Methods A questionnaire including an advanced lung cancer patient-scenario with multiple decision options in end-of-life care situation was sent to 1327 Finnish physicians. Decisions to withdraw or withhold ten life-prolonging interventions were asked on a scale from 1 (definitely would not) to 5 (definitely would) – first, without additional information and then after the family’s request for aggressive treatment and the availability of an advance directive. Values from chronological original scenario, family’s appeal and advance directive were clustered by trajectory analysis. Results We received 699 (53%) responses. The mean values of the ten answers in the original scenario were 4.1 in physicians with cPM, 3.4 in general practitioners, 3.4 in surgeons, 3.5 in internists and 3.8 in oncologists (p
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