The nurse's role in end-of-life treatment discussions: preliminary report from the SUPPORT Project.
J Cardiovasc Nurs
; 9(3): 68-77, 1995 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-7782815
ABSTRACT
The methods of the Study to Understand Prognosis and Preferences of Outcomes and Risks of Treatment (SUPPORT), a five year, five-center study of decision making and communication in patients near the end of life, are described. Aspects of the study propose to describe the role of the staff nurse and the specially trained nurse facilitator in decision making in patients near the end of life. The nurse is in a unique position to initiate discussions about patient preferences for end-of-life treatment and quality of life; however, a review of related research describes discordance between clinicians' understanding and patients' preferences for treatment. Ethical issues, practice barriers, and practice innovations in end-of-life treatment are discussed.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Assistência Terminal
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Ordens quanto à Conduta (Ética Médica)
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Ética em Enfermagem
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Relações Enfermeiro-Paciente
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Ethics
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Patient_preference
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Cardiovasc Nurs
Assunto da revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
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ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos