Experiences of Family Members of Dying Patients Receiving Palliative Sedation
Olga Tursunov, RN, MSc; Nathan I. Cherny, MBBS, FRACP, FRCP, MD; and Freda DeKeyser Ganz, PhD, RN
ONF
10.1188/16.ONF.e226-e232
Description
Purpose/Objectives: To describe the experience of family members of patients receiving palliative sedation at the initiation of treatment and after the patient has died and to compare these experiences over time.
Design: Descriptive comparative study.
Setting: Oncology ward at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel.
Sample: A convenience sample of 34 family members of dying patients receiving palliative sedation.