Evaluation of qualitative research studies

Abstract

You work on a palliative care unit where you have many opportunities to discuss end of life decisions with patients and family members. In a recent team meeting of your unit's providers, the topic of "appropriate" treatment choices for patients at end of life comes up. Some providers believe that they should counsel patients and family members to "help them make better end of life decisions so that they will have a good death." There is, however, no consensus about how this should be done.