Family members’ experiences of assisted dying: A systematic literature review with thematic synthesis

Experiences of Family Members of Dying Patients Receiving Palliative Sedation.

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 pa...

Experiences of living and dying with COPD: a systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative empirical literature.

A meta-synthesis study of literature review and systematic review published in nurse prescribing

  Background :Prescribing represents a new aspect of practice for nurses. To make qualitative results more accessible to clinicians, researchers, and policy makers, individuals are urged to synthesize findings from related studies. Therefore this study aimed to aggregate and interpret existing literature review and systematic studies to obtain new insights on nurse prescription.   Methods : Thi...

Parenting a child with chronic illness as they transition into adulthood: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of parents' experiences.

OBJECTIVE To understand how parents view and experience their role as their child with a long-term physical health condition transitions to adulthood and adult healthcare services. METHODS Five databases were systematically searched for qualitative articles examining parents' views and experiences of their child's healthcare transition. Papers were quality assessed and thematically synthesise...

Family Experiences in End-of-Life Care: A Literature Review.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to summarize and analyze families' experiences of end-of-life care by conducting a systematic review of peer reviewed journals both in Korea and abroad. BACKGROUND Families play an increasingly important role in care and medical treatment, acting as caregivers or decision makers rather than just being passive observers. It is necessary to understand the e...