Table 5 Suggestions for making discussions with healthcare providers more comfortable
From: Communication of patients’ and family members’ ethical concerns to their healthcare providers
Suggestions | Responses (N=113) |
|---|---|
Contextual factors | 66 (58%)a |
- Having adequate time/timing | |
- Providing sufficient resources or referrals | |
- Being prepared or ready to have the discussion | |
- Having a previously established relationship with the healthcare provider | |
- Having privacy | |
- Having family present or involved | |
Healthcare provider qualities | 49 (43%) |
- More empathetic | |
- More open-minded | |
- More knowledgeable and experienced | |
- More honest and transparent | |
- More trustworthy | |
Content and/or quality of communication | 46 (41%) |
- Providing more or different information | |
- More listening | |
- Better or clearer communication | |
- More proactive communication |