“Caught in the middle”- emergency doctors and nurses’ experiences of ethical dilemmas in end of life care: A qualitative study

The integration of end of life care into emergency work is gaining momentum, especially in Australia. Emergency doctors and nurses are increasingly required to make decisions regarding the provision of end of life care. The importance of end of life care for patients and their families in the emergency department is well documented, but ethical dilemmas that arise in end of life care provision are not widely researched.