Concordance between Experiences of Bereaved Relatives, Physicians, and Nurses with Hospital End-of-Life Care: Everyone Has Their “Own Truth”

Table 5

Communication about end of life, end-of-life decisions, or impending death ().

Perspectives:		With patient; (%)	With relative; (%)
Physician reported	To have discussed the patient’s impending death	114 (57)	180 (90)
Relative reported	That the physician had discussed the patient’s impending death	n.a.	127 (64)
Nurse reported	That the physician had discussed the patient’s impending death	83 (42)	131 (66)
	To have discussed the patient’s impending death	72 (36)	n.a.

n.a. = not assessed.