J Korean Acad Adult Nurs.  2010 Oct;22(5):488-498.

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

Affiliations
  • 1College of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea. jokw@cu.ac.kr

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.

Keyword

End-of-life; Decision-making; Nurse; Conflict; Experience

MeSH Terms

Decision Making
Humans
Korea
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