Compassion in end of life care: A patient perspective
Research type
Research Study
Full title
How should compassion be conceived and enacted in end of life care: a patient perspective
IRAS ID
194285
Contact name
Jonathan Ives
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The University of Birmingham
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 30 days
Research summary
Following a rise in media and political interest in compassionate care, particularly in vulnerable groups and those at the end of life, the literature is currently deliberating how compassion should be understood and enacted in end of life care settings. This research aims to explore what the most appropriate definition of compassion is in palliative and end of life care, informed by patient experience.
The chosen method for this research is qualitative, involving face to face interviews in inpatients receive palliative or end of life care. Patients will be recruited from Marie Curie Hospice, West Midlands. These patients will participate in a one off 40 minute face-to-face interview and these results will then be transcribed verbatim and subsequently analysed. The empirical results will inform an ethical analysis of the concept of compassion in palliative and end of life
REC name
East Midlands - Nottingham 1 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/EM/0004
Date of REC Opinion
8 Feb 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion