TY - JOUR
T1 - Gaining insight into the care of hospitalized dying patients
T2 - An interpretative narrative analysis
AU - Fins, Joseph J.
AU - Guest, Rebecca Schwager
AU - Acres, Cathleen A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Work on this research project was supported by a Project on Death in America, Open Society Institute Faculty Scholar Award to Dr. Fins, with additional funding from The United Hospital Fund and New York Presbyterian Hospital. The authors acknowledge the narrative contributions of Lynn Huzzard, RN, BSN and the comments of Sam Beck, PhD, Hilde Lindemann Nelson, MA, and Tod Chambers, PhD on earlier versions of this manuscript.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Narrative ethics is a useful tool for gaining insight into the care of hospitalized dying patients. We used narrative analysis to interpret the medical records of 200 adult deaths at our institution. Prominent subjects which emerged from this review include documentation of care; relationships between patients, families and clinicians; and the influence of time, uncertainty, ambiguity, resource allocation, and spirituality on the course of care. Research on narratives can help script more empathic and compassionate care of the dying by demonstrating that every death is a story waiting to be told. Copyright (C) 2000 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee.
AB - Narrative ethics is a useful tool for gaining insight into the care of hospitalized dying patients. We used narrative analysis to interpret the medical records of 200 adult deaths at our institution. Prominent subjects which emerged from this review include documentation of care; relationships between patients, families and clinicians; and the influence of time, uncertainty, ambiguity, resource allocation, and spirituality on the course of care. Research on narratives can help script more empathic and compassionate care of the dying by demonstrating that every death is a story waiting to be told. Copyright (C) 2000 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee.
KW - End-of-life decisions
KW - Medical anthropology
KW - Narrative ethics
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U2 - 10.1016/S0885-3924(00)00220-7
DO - 10.1016/S0885-3924(00)00220-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 11131258
AN - SCOPUS:0033709796
SN - 0885-3924
VL - 20
SP - 399
EP - 407
JO - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
JF - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
IS - 6
ER -