Influencing factors of clinical decision of family members of end of life patients in intensive care unit
Liu Mengj ie
Zhou Houxiu
Zhu Jingci
Abstract：Objective:To about influencing factors of clinical decision of family members of end of life patients in intensive care unit(ICU).Methods:The phenomenological method was used to conduct semi structured deep interviews for ten family members of end of life patients in ICU from a third grade A hospital.Results:Influen-cing factors of clinical decision of family members of end of life patients in ICU were extracted as 3 elements and 9 sub elements:obj ective factor (quality of life,prognosis of the disease,lifetime wishes,deathbed place),fami-ly factors(economic conditions,whether family members’views unified or not),social and cultural factors (filial piety,fallen leaves return to the roots,and death attitude).Conclusion:The effective coping mechanism should be established from medical education training,medical institutions construction,medical legal guidelines and medical insurance system so as to arouse the attention to the quality of life of life of end patients in ICU.
Keywords：intensive care unitICUclinical decision makingfamily membersqualitative researchquality of life
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 4501-4505 )