Patients and families who experience good communication at this time of severe stress and uncertainty are more likely to feel well supported and informed. This enables them to share in person-centred decision-making.
When conversations with patients, families and with other health care professionals about end-of-life care after stroke are handled sensitively and effectively, this helps bereaved families to cope with loss, death and dying, they have better experience of the hospital team, better adjustment and fewer regrets.
Professionals who have the competence and confidence to communicate well, even in difficult and challenging circumstances, usually have less work related stress and greater engagement in their work.
Page last reviewed: 16 Jan 2023
