["We are Heading Towards that Now" - A Qualitative Analysis of the Perspectives of Healthy Older Adults on Conditions, Difficulties and Benefits of Early End-of-Life Conversations].
Katharina NagelschmidtNico LeppinCarola SeifartWinfried RiefPia von BlanckenburgPublished in: Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie (2020)
Early conversations about the end of life should be offered in the sense of preventive care in a low-threshold way. Providers of primary health care can identify a "need to talk", reduce communication barriers and encourage confrontation with one's own mortality. Adequate information should be provided if necessary, and a structured communication approach should be employed.