%0 Journal Article
%A Díaz-Cortés, María Del Mar
%A Granero-Molina, José
%A Hernández-Padilla, José Manuel
%A Pérez Rodríguez, Rocío
%A Correa Casado, Matías
%A Fernández-Sola, Cayetano
%T Promoting dignified end-of-life care in the emergency department: A qualitative study.
%D 2017
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11351
%X Preservation of a dying person's dignity in the emergency department (ED) is fundamental for the patient, his/her relatives and healthcare professionals. The aim of this study was to explore and interpret physicians' and nurses' experiences regarding conservation of dignity in end-of-life care in dying patients in the ED. A qualitative study based on the hermeneutic phenomenological approach, was carried out in the emergency department of two general hospitals. A total of 16 nurses and 10 physicians participated in the study. Data collection included 12 individual in-depth interviews and 2 focus groups. The findings revealed that two themes represent the practices and proposals for the conservation of dignity in the emergency department: dignified care in hostile surroundings and the design of a system focused on the person's dignity. Dignifying treatment, redesigning environmental conditions, and reorienting the healthcare system can contribute to maintaining dignity in end-of-life care in the ED.
%K Dignity
%K Doctor
%K Emergency department
%K End-of-life care
%K Experiences
%K Nurse
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