Communication about euthanasia in Dutch nursing homes.

IF 2.1 4区医学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Death Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-25 DOI:10.1080/07481187.2024.2330011

Marjolein J H T Rikmenspoel, F. de Boer, B. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, H. Pasman, Guy AM Widdershoven

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Abstract

In this research, we explore how competent nursing home residents in the Netherlands experience communication about euthanasia. Interviews were conducted with 15 nursing home residents. Three themes were found during data analysis: 1) The possibility to discuss euthanasia; 2) Interaction and 3) Anticipating the future. Whether or not euthanasia was discussed was influenced by the openness of the resident and the accessibility and openness of their medical practitioner. Important factors mentioned by respondents regarding interaction were the level of connectedness with others, the feeling of being understood and one's own firmness in holding on to the option of euthanasia in the future. Regarding anticipating the future, respondents felt reassured in having an advance directive. They expressed a lack of certainty whether the medical practitioner would be willing to eventually perform euthanasia. As a practical implication, ACP may provide a pathway for improvement of communication about euthanasia with competent residents.

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荷兰养老院中有关安乐死的交流。

在这项研究中，我们探讨了荷兰有能力的疗养院居民如何体验有关安乐死的沟通。我们对 15 名养老院居民进行了访谈。在数据分析过程中发现了三个主题：1）讨论安乐死的可能性；2）互动；3）对未来的预测。讨论安乐死与否受居民的开放程度、医生的可及性和开放性的影响。在互动方面，受访者提到的重要因素包括与他人的联系程度、被理解的感觉以及自己对未来安乐死选择的坚定性。关于对未来的预测，受访者对预先指示感到放心。他们对医生最终是否愿意实施安乐死表示不确定。从实际意义上讲，预先医疗指示可为改善与有能力的住院医生就安乐死问题进行沟通提供一条途径。

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来源期刊

Death Studies Multiple-

CiteScore

8.30

自引率

7.90%

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期刊介绍： Now published ten times each year, this acclaimed journal provides refereed papers on significant research, scholarship, and practical approaches in the fast growing areas of bereavement and loss, grief therapy, death attitudes, suicide, and death education. It provides an international interdisciplinary forum in which a variety of professionals share results of research and practice, with the aim of better understanding the human encounter with death and assisting those who work with the dying and their families.