Palliative Care Transfer Announcements: Qualitative Analysis of the Perspective of Physicians and Their Patients With Cancer
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cancer
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
- Enrollment
- 10
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Analysis of semi-structured interviews exploring how the physician analyzes and feels the announcement of the transfer to the Palliative Care Unit and how the patient receives and disseminates this information
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The course of care of a patient with a cancer whose evolution is pejorative, is marked by difficult announcements, called "bad news". In the palliative phase, prognostic announcements are at the forefront. Of these, the announcement of a transfer to the Palliative Care Unit has not been the subject of any specific studies to the best of our knowledge. It therefore seemed interesting to us to explore the stakes of this particular announcement, a source of upheaval for the doctor and the patient, by gathering the point of view of each one.
The objective of our study is to analyze the methods of announcing a transfer to the Palliative Care Unit and the perception of this announcement by the doctor and his patient with an incurable cancer.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients over 18 years old with solid cancer or malignant haemopathy in palliative phase transferred from a HUS service to the HUS UnASP and informed of this transfer by the originating doctor .
- •HUS senior hospital doctors, supporting patients with solid cancers or malignant hemopathies.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients whose clinical state does not allow for maintenance (tiredness, confusion) or difficult communication.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Analysis of semi-structured interviews exploring how the physician analyzes and feels the announcement of the transfer to the Palliative Care Unit and how the patient receives and disseminates this information
Time Frame: 72 hours after the transfer of the patient the to the Palliative Care Unit