Jack Iwashyna 🫁Dec 16, 2022

#new article by @hauschildt

Whose #GoodDeath? Valuation and Standardization as Mechanisms of #Inequality in Hospitals

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00221465221143088

Although most clinicians have come to perceive invasive life-sustaining treatments as overly aggressive at the end of life, some of the public and greater proportions of some socially disadvantaged groups have not. Drawing on 1,500+ hours of observation in [4 ICUs] and 69 interviews…

@sociology #EOL

Show threadJack Iwashyna 🫁Dec 16, 2022

@hauschildt @sociology

This article changed my approach to #EndOfLife #EOL care

It asks deep questions about the difference between EOL Work-as-imagined and Work as ACTUALLY carried out at these hospitals

#FOAMed

#geripal crew, I think you may find it of interest as well

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00221465221143088 @sociology

Show threadOgnjen Gajic
@iwashyna @hauschildt @sociology Thanks for sharing Jack, excellent paper.
Dec 16, 2022 at 2:29pmWeb