Nurse's, physician's and family member's experiences of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment process in an intensive care unit.

By integrating the experiences of nurses, physicians and family members, the findings of this study inform the shared values in the context of familism culture and the health insurance system. In particular, understanding family dynamics when a patient's dying and death as a result of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment informs nurses to provide quality of care in the intensive care setting. Therefore, the findings of this research contribute to distinguishing the priority in care when withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, rapidly changing the aims of care from the patient's recovery to a dignified death.