Lack of Truth-Telling in Palliative Care and Its Effects among Nurses and Nursing Students

Behavioral Sciences

Marino Bonaventura¹  Sara Pompele²  Ines Testoni²  Michael Alexander Wieser³  Robert Crupi⁴  Dafni Kapelis⁵ 

[1] Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy;Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied psychology (FISPPA), University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy;Institute of Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria;NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, New York, NY 11355, USA;Palliative Care Department, ULSS n. 8 Asolo, 31011 Treviso, Italy;

关键词: truth-telling;    attitudes;    palliative care;    grief;    euthanasia;    moral distress;   

DOI  :  10.3390/bs10050088

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Unclear communication of inauspicious prognoses may disorientate both patients and their relatives, drastically jeopardizing the planning of palliative care. This paper considers the issue of truth-telling in the communicative problems of nurses and students of nursing with terminally ill patients. The fundamental objective is the analysis of the difficulties related to the lack of truth-telling and how it might impact their professional and personal lives. A qualitative study was realized, involving 47 participants, both nurses (25) and nursing students (22), working in palliative care units or in associations of volunteers for the assistance of oncological patients. The exploration was focused on the way they relate to patients who are not aware of their real health conditions and their consequences. Particular attention was paid to their opinions concerning what could be done in order to manage such problematic situations in the near future.

【 授权许可】

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