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Palliative care in emergency departments: an impossible challenge?

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The aim of this study was to investigate the care practices surrounding end-of-life patients and the scope for providing palliative care in two emergency department short-stay units. Two qualitative methods of investigation were used: direct ethnographic-type observation and semi-directed group interviews. The results highlight the fact that end-of-life situations inflect the practices of care and give rise to adjustments in the organization of work. These practices operate in two registers: that of supporting the family and that of attention to the patient's comfort. We propose a typology of end-of-life patients. In conclusion, the practices, termed 'palliative care' by the caregivers, are addressed to terminally ill patients expected to die shortly. This issue should be debated within emergency departments.

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hal-00958895 , version 1 (13-03-2014)

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Marie-France Couillot, Florence Douguet, Danièle Leboul. Palliative care in emergency departments: an impossible challenge?. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2012, 19 (6), pp. 405-407. ⟨hal-00958895⟩
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