Díaz-Cortés, María Del MarGranero-Molina, JoséHernández-Padilla, José ManuelPérez Rodríguez, RocíoCorrea Casado, MatíasFernández-Sola, Cayetano2023-01-252023-01-252017-06-24http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11351Preservation 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.enDignityDoctorEmergency departmentEnd-of-life careExperiencesNurseAdultAttitude of Health PersonnelEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleFocus GroupsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPersonhoodQualitative ResearchSpainTerminal Careresearch article28655591open access10.1016/j.ienj.2017.05.0041878-013Xhttps://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/22985/1/PROMOTING%20DIGNIFIED%20END-OF-LIFE%20CARE%20IN%20THE%20EMERGENCY%20DEPARTMENT-%20A%20QUALITATIVE%20STUDY..pdf