Ethical Decisions in Palliative Care: Interprofessional Relations as a Burnout Protective Factor? Results From a Mixed-Methods Multicenter Study in Portugal

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 723-732

  Hernández Marrero, Pablo ^a,b   Pereira, Sandra Martins ^b   Carvalho, Ana Sofia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

burnout; end of life care; ethical decisions; ethical issues; interprofessional relations; mixed methods; palliative care; shared decision making

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; EMPOWERMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PORTUGAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE; ADULT; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PROTECTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PORTUGAL; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84981268327     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: 19382715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909115583486     Document Type: Article

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