What’s Dignity Got To Do With It? Patient Experience of the Dignity Care Intervention: A Qualitative Evaluation Study

SAGE Open Nursing

BridgetJohnston¹ 

关键词: dignity;    palliative care;    community nursing;    qualitative evaluation;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2377960817699839

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

The delivery of palliative care in the community setting has been recognized as a valued and challenging aspect of nursing care. To this end, care pathways have been shown to support nurses in a variety of settings to deliver individualized patient care. This study provides a qualitative evaluation of an end-of-life intervention known as the Dignity Care Intervention (DCI) based on patients’ perspectives. The DCI consists of four sections: a manual, the Patient Dignity Inventory, reflective questions, and evidence-based care actions. A qualitative design underpinned by the philosophy of Merlau-Ponty was employed for the evaluation of the DCI. Data collection included individual interviews with participants (n = 25). Interview data were analyzed using framework thematic analysis. Four theme categories were identified: “experience of DCI,” “responding to my illness concerns,” “how illness affects me as a person,” and “how illness concerns affect my relationships.” The DCI was found to enable patients to dis...

【 授权许可】

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