Coaching doctors to improve ethical decision-making in adult hospitalised patients potentially receiving excessive treatment : study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial Universiteit Gent
BackgroundFast medical progress poses a significant challenge to doctors, who are asked to find the right balance between life-prolonging and palliative care. Literature indicates room for enhancing openness to discuss ethical sensitive issues within and between teams, and improving decision-making for benefit of the patient at end-of-life. MethodsStepped wedge cluster randomized trial design, run across 10 different departments of the Ghent ...