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Cracking open death: death conversations in primary care.

Rebecca Llewellyn¹, Chrystal Jaye², Richard Egan¹

¹University of Otago, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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New Zealanders desire open discussions about death beyond end-of-life care. Barriers in primary healthcare include cultural silence and time constraints, necessitating new approaches for meaningful conversations.

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Sociology
Qualitative Research

Background:

Growing evidence supports discussing death outside of end-of-life contexts to reduce anxiety and promote health interventions.
Current focus on death conversations remains predominantly on individuals nearing the end of life.
A cultural silence surrounding death hinders preparedness for open dialogue in both medical and lay communities.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore New Zealanders' views on the value and opportunities for discussing death within primary healthcare settings.
To identify barriers preventing open conversations about death in primary healthcare.
To understand perspectives on facilitating death conversations beyond the end-of-life context.

Main Methods:

Conducted a qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews with 21 participants.
Participants were adults aged 54-65, not receiving palliative care or diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Employed an immersion-crystallisation approach for thematic analysis of interview data.

Main Results:

Identified four key themes: 'a need to talk about death', 'the role of the general practitioner (GP)', 'broaching the topic', and 'media'.
Found that limited consultation time and cultural reticence impede meaningful death discussions.
Highlighted the potential of family-centred approaches, community settings, and media as facilitators for conversation.

Conclusions:

A societal cultural silence on death leaves communities unprepared for open dialogue, particularly within primary healthcare.
Facilitating death conversations requires a multi-faceted approach, including community engagement and leveraging media.
Future research should focus on developing resources and frameworks to support general practitioners in initiating and managing death conversations.