In-patient nursing, palliative and hospice care in times of COVID-19 (InPace)
Social, ethical and legal implications from an intersectional perspective
Project overview
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought changes in many parts of society, including the healthcare system. In nursing care, and especially in palliative and hospice care, challenges have been particularly complex: patients in these areas are particularly susceptible to a severe course of COVID-19, and the measures necessary to contain the spread of the made caregiving itself more difficult.
The aim of the InPace project was, from a multi-stakeholder and intersectional perspective, to 1) identify the strategies developed by providers of nursing, palliative and hospice care in response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, to 2) examine the perception of these strategies by patients and relatives and to 3) identify good practice approaches.
Based on these findings and using a framework of ethical decision-making, operational guidelines were developed and consented to, in which the elements and determinants of good practice approaches are conceptualised and recommendations are given for addressing pandemic-related challenges in nursing, palliative and hospice care.
Further information
- Duration: 07/2020 - 12/2021
- Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Responsible: Health Services Research Unit
Project management
Prof. Dr. PH
Patrick Brzoska
Chair holder
Faculty of Health (School of Medicine) | Chair of Health Care Research
Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50
58455 WittenRoom number: 1.002
Dr.
Yuece Yilmaz-Aslan
Researcher
Faculty of Health (School of Medicine) | Chair of Health Care Research
Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50
58455 WittenRoom number: 1.004