Mental Healthcare Providers Understanding and Experiences of Palliative Care: A Qualitative Analysis

Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Park, Tanya;Mutoni, Lydia;Sridhar, Ramya;Hegadoren, Kathy;Workun, Bernadette
Abstract

Objective: To understand the experiences and perceptions of mental health providers about palliative care. Background: Little attention is paid to the experience of people with chronic persistent mental illness (CPMI) and life-threatening diseases and how their dying experience might differ from those without a CPMI. Methods: Interpretive description informed the project. Sixteen mental health care providers were interviewed using a semi-structured interview template. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using a reflexive, inductive-deductive thematic approach, guided by Braun & Clarke's framework for thematic analysis. Results: Four themes were identified from the data: intersectionality, limited collaboration, misconceptions about palliative care, and relationships. Mental health providers identified gaps in their knowledge of palliative care practices along with their knowledge of death and dying.

Journal

Journal of Palliative Care

Publication Name

N/A

Volume

N/A

ISBN/ISSN

2369-5293

Edition

N/A

Issue

N/A

Pages Count

10

Location

N/A

Publisher

Sage

Publisher Url

N/A

Publisher Location

N/A

Publish Date

N/A

Url

N/A

Date

N/A

EISSN

N/A

DOI

10.1177/08258597221134865