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Table 3 Themes with examples of barriers and facilitatiors of ethical encounter

From: Barriers to and facilitators of ethical encounters at the end of life in a nursing home: an ethnographic study

Themes

Barriers

Facilitators

Coping with the impact of workplace demands

- Lack of resources

- Time restraints

- Mutual collaborations

- Redistribution of staff

Interacting by dialogue and communication

- Making derogatory comments about residents

- Harsh and dismissive language

- Warm communication tone with humourous elements

- Comforting communication

Experiencing involvement in the provision of ABC

- Interupting residents’ independent acts

- Ignoring residents’ clothes and meal preferences

- Caring activities in line with residents’ preferences

- Allowing residents to perform what is possible

Adapting to good care and comfort

- Not knowing the residents’ abilities

- Not asking for residents’ preferences

- Supporting residents’ independence

- Attentivness to residents’ physical needs and interests