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Barriers to communication about end-of-life care in AIDS patients by J. Randall Curtis; Donald L. Patrick is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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OBJECTIVE: Patients and physicians do not adequately discuss patients' preferences for medical care at the end of life. Our objective was to perform a qualitative study using focus groups to identify barriers and facilitators to communication about end-of-life medical care for patients with AIDS and their physicians. ## PARTICIPANTS: Patients with AIDS and physicians with moderate or extensive HIV experience were recruited from clinics and community-based settings using network sampling. A total of 47 patients participated in six focus groups and 19 physicians participated in three groups. ## MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Patients or physicians identified 29 barriers and facilitators to communication about end-of-life care. Many patients and physicians expressed discomfort talking about death and dying, and some felt that discussing end-of-life care could cause harm or even hasten death. Several patients expressed the view that a living will obviated the need for discussion with their physician. Previous experience of discrimination from the health care system was a strong barrier to end-of-life communication for some patients with AIDS. Some patients hesitate to bring up endof-li
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- Author
- J. Randall Curtis; Donald L. Patrick
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0884-8734)
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)