Living wills in the nursing profession: knowledge and barriers

The aims of this study were to understand Spanish nurses’ knowledge about living wills and legal regulations and to explore their experiences, needs and challenges in these situations using quantitative and qualitative approaches. The first part of the study was a descriptive survey administered to...

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Autores principales: Losa Iglesias,Marta Elena, Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo,Ricardo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile 2013
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spelling oai:scielo:S1726-569X20130001000122014-03-11Living wills in the nursing profession: knowledge and barriersLosa Iglesias,Marta ElenaBecerro de Bengoa Vallejo,Ricardo Living wills nursing knowledge nursing ethics The aims of this study were to understand Spanish nurses’ knowledge about living wills and legal regulations and to explore their experiences, needs and challenges in these situations using quantitative and qualitative approaches. The first part of the study was a descriptive survey administered to a convenience sample of nurses (454 individuals) who worked in hospitals and other primary care clinics in the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. The survey tested their knowledge of living wills and related major legal issues. At the end of the survey, the nurses were asked to provide a personal email address if they were interested in participating in a personal interview. In the second part of this study, we used a qualitative phenomenological approach based on Husserl’s framework. The results indicate that nurses are not sufficiently knowledgeable about the use of LWD in clinical practise. As a consequence, they are unable to support patient autonomy in health care treatment decisions.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCentro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de ChileActa bioethica v.19 n.1 20132013-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1726-569X2013000100012en10.4067/S1726-569X2013000100012
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topic Living wills
nursing knowledge
nursing ethics
spellingShingle Living wills
nursing knowledge
nursing ethics
Losa Iglesias,Marta Elena
Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo,Ricardo
Living wills in the nursing profession: knowledge and barriers
description The aims of this study were to understand Spanish nurses’ knowledge about living wills and legal regulations and to explore their experiences, needs and challenges in these situations using quantitative and qualitative approaches. The first part of the study was a descriptive survey administered to a convenience sample of nurses (454 individuals) who worked in hospitals and other primary care clinics in the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. The survey tested their knowledge of living wills and related major legal issues. At the end of the survey, the nurses were asked to provide a personal email address if they were interested in participating in a personal interview. In the second part of this study, we used a qualitative phenomenological approach based on Husserl’s framework. The results indicate that nurses are not sufficiently knowledgeable about the use of LWD in clinical practise. As a consequence, they are unable to support patient autonomy in health care treatment decisions.
author Losa Iglesias,Marta Elena
Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo,Ricardo
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title Living wills in the nursing profession: knowledge and barriers
title_short Living wills in the nursing profession: knowledge and barriers
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