Family members’ experiences of “wait and see” as a communication strategy in end-of-life decisions

• Published in: Intensive care medicine Vol. 37; no. 7; pp. 1143 - 1150
• Main Authors: Lind, Ranveig, Lorem, Geir F., Nortvedt, Per, Hevrøy, Olav
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.07.2011; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Anesthesiology; Biological and medical sciences; Clinical medical disciplines: 750; Communication; Community medicine, Social medicine: 801; Critical Care Medicine; Decision Making; Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care; Emergency Medicine; Family - psychology; Female; Grounded theory; Health sciences: 800; Helsefag: 800; Hospital patients; Hospitals; Humans; Intensive; Intensive care; Intensive care medicine; Intensive Care Units; Interviews as Topic; Klinisk medisinske fag: 750; Legislation; Male; Medical disciplines: 700; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Medisinske Fag: 700; Middle Aged; Norway; Nurses; Original; Pain Medicine; Patients rights; Pediatrics; Physicians; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Qualitative research; Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801; Terminal Care; Traumatologi: 783; Traumatology: 783; VDP; Norway; Decision-making; Intensive care; End of life; Family members; Communication; Decision making; End of life decision; Resuscitation

Purpose The aim of this study is to examine family members’ experiences of end-of-life decision-making processes in Norwegian intensive care units (ICUs) to ascertain the degree to which they felt included in the decision-making process and whether they received necessary information. Were they aske...