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Rural health professionals' experiences in implementing advance care planning: a focus group study.
- Source :
- Australian Journal of Primary Health; 2016, Vol. 22 Issue 5, p423-427, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Advance care planning (ACP) is described as an ongoing discussion between a patient, their family and healthcare professionals (HCPs) to understand a patient's wishes for future health care. Legislation supporting ACP in Western Australia is relatively new and HCPs are still learning about the process and implementation. This study aimed to provide a rich description of rural health professionals' perceptions and experiences with ACP within the context of their professional role and to identify systemic issues and training needs. Ten focus groups were conducted throughout 2014 with a total of 55 rural participants including general practitioners (n = 15), general practice registrars (n = 6), practice nurses (n = 18), community nurses (n = 4) and hospital nurses (n = 12) in the south-western regions of Western Australia. Thematic analysis has identified the following themes regarding ACP: benefits to patients and families; professional roles in ACP; barriers and enablers; and systems for communicating ACP. HCPs have self-determined their roles in the ACP process, which currently leaves some components of the process unaccounted for, suggesting that collaboration between HCPs working together in a rural health setting and a standardised system for distributing these documents may assist with the implementation of ACP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ATTITUDE (Psychology)
COMMUNICATION
DOCUMENTATION
FAMILIES
FOCUS groups
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL care
MEDICAL personnel
NURSES
PATIENTS
GENERAL practitioners
RESEARCH funding
RURAL health
ADVANCE directives (Medical care)
QUALITATIVE research
OCCUPATIONAL roles
THEMATIC analysis
HUMAN services programs
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14487527
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Journal of Primary Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118891260
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1071/PY15004