Revealing the hidden harms in end-of-life care: a mixed-methods characterisation of reported safety incidents involving injectable symptom control medication
Healthcare teams need to incorporate the impact on the patient and families when reporting and learning from end-of-life symptom control incidents, notably resultant emotional and psychological harms.
Authors
- Andrew Carson‐Stevens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7580-7699)
- Joy McFadzean (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9766-2681)
- Kristian Pollock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6836-8595)
- Ben Bowers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6772-2620)
- Sarah Yardley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1645-642X)
- Isabel Hope
- Stuart Hellard
Institutions
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (GB)
- Queen's Hospital (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Marie Curie (GB)
- Cardiff University (GB)
- Cardiff Metropolitan University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of General Practice
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2025.0301
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Health and Care Research Wales
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care