Talking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit
Kious B, Vick J, Ubel P, Sutton O, Blumenthal-Barby J, Cox C, Ashana D. Talking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit. AJOB Empirical Bioethics 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-8. PMID: 39250770, DOI: 10.1080/23294515.2024.2399534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecondary qualitative content analysisIntensive care unitInductive approach to data analysisEnd of lifeSuffering of personsAdult intensive care unitQualitative content analysisCare unitFamily meetingsReviewed transcriptsEmotional distressPatient's familyCritically ill patientsApproach to data analysisLimited treatmentCoding guideStudy authorsResearch teamContent analysisMulticenter trialPoor prognosisCliniciansLow qualityIll patientsSuffering