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Family Behaviors As Unchanging Obstacles In End-Of-Life Care: 16-Year Comparative Data, Renea L. Beckstrand, Jasmine B. Jenkins, Karlen E. Luthy, Janelle L. B. Macintosh
Family Behaviors As Unchanging Obstacles In End-Of-Life Care: 16-Year Comparative Data, Renea L. Beckstrand, Jasmine B. Jenkins, Karlen E. Luthy, Janelle L. B. Macintosh
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Background Critical care nurses routinely care for dying patients. Research on obstacles in providing end-of-life care has been conducted for more than 20 years, but change in such obstacles over time has not been examined.
Objective To determine whether the magnitude scores of obstacles and helpful behaviors regarding end-of-life care have changed over time.
Methods In this cross-sectional survey study, questionnaires were sent to 2000 randomly selected members of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Obstacle and helpful behavior items were analyzed using mean magnitude scores. Current data were compared with data gathered in 1999.
Results Of the 2000 questionnaires …