Do we prepare patients for their digital legacy? A survey of palliative care professionals
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This episode features Dr Hazel Coop and Dr Clare Marlow\\xa0(WM CARES (West Midlands Collaborative Actioning Research in End of life and Supportive care), New Cross Hospital,\\xa0Wolverhampton, UK).\\xa0This regional survey \\xa0aimed to determine whether palliative care professionals in the West Midlands (United Kingdom) have discussions about digital legacy with their\\xa0patients.\\xa0A total of 210 questionnaire survey responses were received from the 10 participating hospices (response rate of 35%). The majority of respondents (96%,\\xa0201/210) had never discussed a patient\\u2019s digital legacy with them.\\xa0The results suggest that palliative care professionals in the West Midlands do not have discussions\\xa0about digital legacy with patients, largely because of lack of awareness and confidence.
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Full paper available from:\\xa0http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216318802748
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If you would like to record a podcast about your published (or accepted) Palliative Medicine paper, please contact Dr Amara Nwosu:\\xa0anwosu@liverpool.ac.uk