Key result
Palliative care is widely misunderstood as being synonymous with end-of-life or hospice care among health care providers and spousal caregivers, potentially delaying its use in heart failure.
Population
9 health care providers and 38 spousal caregivers of patients with heart failure, along with a review of…
Follow-up
minimally one year (for spousal caregiver interviews)
Authors
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Misconceptions may delay early palliative care integration in HF; leaves open optimal education strategies for providers and caregivers.
The misconception that palliative care is exclusively for end-of-life care creates a barrier to its early integration in heart failure management, highlighting a need for reconceptualization.
Hupcey et al. (2009) studied Heart Failure (n=47). Palliative care conceptualization was evaluated on Perceptions and meaning of palliative care. Palliative care is widely misunderstood as being synonymous with end-of-life or hospice care among health care providers and spousal caregivers, potentially delaying its use in heart failure.
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