https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2019.565
La percezione degli operatori sanitari sulle cure palliative come mezzo per promuovere la qualità di vita dei pazienti e prevenire le richieste eutanasich / Healthcare workers' perception of palliative care as a means to foster patients' quality of life and to prevent euthanasia requests*
Submitted: April 10, 2019
Accepted: April 10, 2019
Published: April 10, 2019
Accepted: April 10, 2019
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In 2010, the State Law no 38 was enacted in Italy, seeking to improve palliative care education and training. There is currently no national monitoring system for palliative care practices in Italy. Euthanasia has become increasingly available internationally as an alternative amidst end-of-life care options, although in Italy this is not the case, and it is formally illegal. Although there are a few studies regarding patients' perspectives regarding the issue of palliative care and euthanasia in Italy, there is limited literature focused on the perspectives of palliative care health care professionals. The purpose of this study is to explore the perspectives of hospice workers regarding both the quality of palliative care and the potential role of euthanasia in end-of-life care in Italy. This research was conducted with hospice clinicians in three hospices in Rome. A 75 item 5-point Likert scale questionnaire was developed and administered. Factor analysis was used, and descriptive statistics were performed using SPSS. Fifty-six respondents completed the questionnaire. From participants' perspectives, there are seven significant factors explaining the quality of palliative care in Italy: social and physical suffering, psychological and spiritual well-being, emotional well-being, participation in decision making, compassion, hope, and empathy in care, while reducing patients' desire for death and euthanasia. The most important of these factors regard social, physical and psychological suffering and well-being. Hospice workers in this study did not support euthanasia and felt that palliative care decreases the patient's desire for euthanasia.
* The manuscript was presented as an abstract in an International Congress on Palliative Care.
How to Cite
Mastorakis, K., Continisio, M., Siotto, M. F., Navarini, L., Carnevale, F., Mac Donald, M. E., & Navarini, C. (2019). La percezione degli operatori sanitari sulle cure palliative come mezzo per promuovere la qualità di vita dei pazienti e prevenire le richieste eutanasich / Healthcare workers’ perception of palliative care as a means to foster patients’ quality of life and to prevent euthanasia requests*. Medicina E Morale, 68(1), 25–39. https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2019.565
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