The impact of caring for dying patients in intensive care units on a physician's personhood: a systematic scoping review.
Joshua Tze Yin KuekLisa Xin Ling NgiamNur Haidah Ahmad KamalJeng Long ChiaNatalie Pei Xin ChanAhmad Bin Hanifah Marican AbdurrahmanChong Yao HoLorraine Hui En TanJun Leng GohMichelle Shi Qing KhooYun Ting OngMin ChiamAnnelissa Mien Chew ChinStephen MasonLalit Kumar Radha KrishnaPublished in: Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM (2020)
This SSR suggests that caring for dying patients in ICU impacts how physicians view their personhood. To resolve conflicts within individual concepts of personhood, physicians use prioritization, reframing and rely on accessible, personalized support from colleagues to steer coping strategies. An adapted form of the Ring Theory of Personhood is proposed to direct timely personalized, appropriate and holistic support.