Published on 18 January 2024 – Having conversations about major treatment decisions with family members of seriously ill babies, children or adults in an intensive care unit requires great communication skills from doctors.
Sanne Prins investigated this topic in her dissertation “How matters: End-of-life communication with family members of critically ill neonates, children, and adults”.
On Wednesday, January 17, she received her PhD from the University of Amsterdam.
Sanne’s PhD research shows that the way doctors have conversations about major treatment decisions with family members of seriously ill babies, children or adults has a significant impact on the experiences and outcomes of the communication and decision-making process. Her research project aimed to gain in-depth insights into this process, both by observing actual conversations in various intensive care units and by investigating the experiences of young doctors and their current training for conducting these complex conversations.
The dissertation is openly available here: How matters (uva.nl)
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Sanne Prins. How Matters: End-of-Life Communication with Family Members of Critically Ill Neonates, Children, and Adults. University of Amsterdam.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. A.H.L.C. van Kaam and Prof. J.B.M. van Woensel
Co-supervisors: Dr. M.A. de Vos and Dr. A.J. Linn