Awareness of Doctors’ Shared Decision-Making in Life-Sustaining Care Decisions
- Authors
- Dalyong Kim; Hyun Jung Lee; Soo-Young Yu; Jung Hye Kwon; Hee Kyung Ahn; Jee Hyun Kim; Seyoung Seo; Chi Hoon Maeng; Seungtaek Lim; Do Yeun Kim; Sung Joon Shin
- Issue Date
- Dec-2021
- Publisher
- 한국호스피스완화의료학회
- Keywords
- Shared decision making; Advance care planning; Neoplasms
- Citation
- Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, v.24, no.4, pp.204 - 213
- Journal Title
- Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
- Volume
- 24
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 204
- End Page
- 213
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/82877
- DOI
- 10.14475/jhpc.2021.24.4.204
- ISSN
- 2765-3072
- Abstract
- Purpose: At the end of life, communication is a key factor for good care. However, in clinical practice, it is difficult to adequately discuss end-of-life care. In order to understand and analyze how decision-making related to life-sustaining treatment (LST) is performed, the shared decision-making (SDM) behaviors of physicians were investigated. Methods: A questionnaire was designed after reviewing the literature on attitudes toward SDM or decision- making related to LST. A final item was added after consulting experts. The survey was completed by internal medicine residents and hematologists/medical oncologists who treat terminal cancer patients. Results: In total, 202 respondents completed the questionnaire, and 88.6% said that the decision to continue or end LST is usually a result of SDM since they believed that sufficient explanation is provided to patients and caregivers, patients and caregivers make their own decisions according to their values, and there is sufficient time for patients and caregivers to make a decision. Expected satisfaction with the decisionmaking process was the highest for caregivers (57.4%), followed by physicians (49.5%) and patients (41.1%). In total, 38.1% of respondents said that SDM was adequately practiced when making decisions related to LST. The most common reason for inadequate SDM was time pressure (89.6%). Conclusion: Although most physicians answered that they practiced SDM when making decisions regarding LST, satisfactory SDM is rarely practiced in the clinical field. A model for the proper implementation of SDM is needed, and additional studies must be conducted to develop an SDM model in collaboration with other academic organizations.
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