physician's desired communication skill at most difficult situation for a patient and family members

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K15172
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Nagoya City University
• Principal Investigator: Akechi Tatsuo 名古屋市立大学, 大学院医学研究科, 教授 (80281682)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: インフォームドコンセント / 患者-医師関係 / コミュニケーション / せん妄 / 終末期鎮静 / 意思決定

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of the study was to clarify desirable communication required for doctors when informing terminal sedation to families of patients with terminal delirium. We created videos expressing two different patient and doctor relationship (1.Paternalistic style, 2.autonomy style). We asked doctors and nurses to watch this video and they evaluated which style is preferred and the reason why. Available data were obtained from 251 subject, and those who preferred autonomy style were significantly more, and many participants answered the reason that their families could decide the preferred treatment.

Free Research Field

臨床精神医学