TY - JOUR
T1 - Patient and family perspectives on respect and dignity in the intensive care unit
AU - Beach, Mary C.atherine
AU - Forbes, Lindsay
AU - Branyon, Emily
AU - Aboumatar, Hanan
AU - Carrese, Joseph
AU - Sugarman, Jeremy
AU - Geller, Gail
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Respect and dignity are central to moral life, and have a particular importance in health care settings such as the intensive care unit (ICU). We conducted 15 semistructured interviews with 21 participants during an ICU admission to explore the definition of, and specific behaviors that demonstrate, respect and dignity during treatment in the ICU. We transcribed interviews and conducted thematic qualitative analysis. Seven themes emerged that focused on what it means to be treated with respect and/or dignity: treated as a person; Golden Rule; acknowledgement; treated as family/friend; treated as an individual; treated as important/valuable; and treated as equal. Participants described particular behaviors or actions that were considered related to demonstrating treatment with respect and dignity: listening; honesty/giving information; attention to body/modesty/appearance; caring/bedside manner; patient and family as an information source; attention to pain; and responsiveness. These behaviors provide a framework for improving experiences with care in the ICU.
AB - Respect and dignity are central to moral life, and have a particular importance in health care settings such as the intensive care unit (ICU). We conducted 15 semistructured interviews with 21 participants during an ICU admission to explore the definition of, and specific behaviors that demonstrate, respect and dignity during treatment in the ICU. We transcribed interviews and conducted thematic qualitative analysis. Seven themes emerged that focused on what it means to be treated with respect and/or dignity: treated as a person; Golden Rule; acknowledgement; treated as family/friend; treated as an individual; treated as important/valuable; and treated as equal. Participants described particular behaviors or actions that were considered related to demonstrating treatment with respect and dignity: listening; honesty/giving information; attention to body/modesty/appearance; caring/bedside manner; patient and family as an information source; attention to pain; and responsiveness. These behaviors provide a framework for improving experiences with care in the ICU.
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U2 - 10.1353/nib.2015.0000
DO - 10.1353/nib.2015.0000
M3 - Article
C2 - 25772726
AN - SCOPUS:84954561464
SN - 2157-1732
VL - 5
SP - 15A-25A
JO - Narrative inquiry in bioethics
JF - Narrative inquiry in bioethics
IS - 1
ER -