Clinical Momentum as One Reason Dying Patients Are Underserved in Acute Care Settings

Clinical momentum can lead to extensions of care that can violate patient wishes and distress clinicians. How can clinicians stop this often unconsidered phenomenon? https://t.co/YFD2572mR6

I get it, yet I don’t. Maybe some are so “stuck” in clinical pathway they lose their clinical judgement. Mostly I think it is because clinicians no longer spend time getting to know their patients—not once, but every step of their serious illness way.

@jaimevalentine Sounds interesting! As you research, you might be interested in our Aug 2018 issue: Roles of Physicians in Healthy Dying (https://t.co/tjW8ex7qhv). Esp. the article "Clinical Momentum as One Reason Dying Patients Are Underserved in Acute Ca

Clinical momentum is charged by ritually intensifying efforts to “save” a patient, reimbursement patterns that privilege acute interventions, and technology-driven health care. #endoflife #healthdying #ethics https://t.co/oPOhpteuuk