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Awareness of dying: it needs words. [PDF]

Support Care Cancer, 2012
The purpose of this research is to study to what extent dying patients are aware of the imminence of death, whether such awareness is associated with patient characteristics, symptoms and acceptance of dying, and whether medical records and nurses' and family caregivers' views on patients' awareness of dying agree.Nurses and family caregivers of 475 ...
Lokker ME, van Zuylen L, Veerbeek L, van der Rijt CC, van der Heide A.   +4 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

People With Advanced Cancer: The Process of Living Well With Awareness of Dying. [PDF]

Qual Health Res, 2020
Literature suggests that it is possible to live well with advanced cancer but little is known about the process. In this article, we present a secondary analysis of experiences of living with advanced cancer ( n = 22) that refines the theory of “Living Well with Chronic Illness” for a different context and population.
Arantzamendi M, García-Rueda N, Carvajal A, Robinson CA.   +3 more
europepmc   +7 more sources

Awareness of Dying Preface

Grounded Theory Review: An International Journal, 2015
Recently The New York Times reported: “VERY ILL CHILDREN TOLD OF DISEASE; Leukemia Patients at N.I.H. Not Shielded From Truth. . . . A child should always be told the truth, even when he has an incurable disease such as leukemia, according to two ...
Barney G. Glaser, PhD, Hon. PhD, Anselm L. Strauss   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Awareness of Dying and Conflict Resolution: Texas Asian Perspectives

The Qualitative Report, 2020
Individuals in the end-of-life (EOL) period may not be fully aware of their prognosis or know they are facing a terminal illness. As Asian beliefs and cultural tendencies intersect with Western values, health care practitioners may find their assumptions about disclosing an EOL prognosis differs from patients and their family members.
Gloria Duke, Charlotte Wool, Lobsang Tenzing   +2 more
openalex   +4 more sources

Death and Dying: Confluences of Emotion and Awareness [PDF]

Sociology of Health & Illness, 1999
Using data from an introspective ethnography, this paper proposes a modified theory of awareness among dying patients, their families and medical personnel. By incorporating the sociology of emotions, this modified theory provides a richer understanding of the complexity of relationships in death and dying than the previous literature which focuses on ...
Laura Mamo
openalex   +2 more sources

Diagnosis, prognosis and awareness of dying in nursing homes: towards the Gold Standard? [PDF]

International Journal of Older People Nursing, 2013
BackgroundIn Western society and increasingly elsewhere, death has become medicalised and ‘hospitalised’ even when people are enduring deteriorating terminal conditions such as dementia and heart failure. In an attempt to rationalise and dignify the place and manner of death, evidence is emerging that the adoption of end‐of‐life care pathways and ...
Martin Johnson, Moira Attree, Ian Jones, Ekhlas Al‐Gamal, David Garbutt   +4 more
openalex   +4 more sources

Knowledge and practices of youth awareness on death and dying in school settings: a systematic scoping review protocol [PDF]

Systematic Reviews
Background Awareness-raising and education have been identified as strategies to counter the taboo surrounding death and dying. As the favoured venue for youth education, schools have an essential role to play in informing future decision-makers. However,
Emilie Allard, Clémence Coupat, Sabrina Lessard, Noémie Therrien, Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Dimitri Létourneau, Olivia Nguyen, Andréanne Côté, Gabrielle Fortin, Serge Daneault, Maryse Soulières, Josiane Le Gall, Sylvie Fortin   +12 more
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Critical Care Nurses' Attitude Towards Caring for Dying Patients and Its Relationship With Authenticity in Southeastern Iran: A Descriptive Correlational Study [PDF]

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims End‐of‐life care in the ICU is essential to relieve suffering and maintain patient dignity during the final stages of life. The attitudes of critical care nurses toward caring for dying patients significantly influence the quality of ...
Alireza Alizadeh, Maryam Heidarinejad, Asma Hajalizadeh, Farideh Razban   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

First Experiences with Last Aid Courses as Tool for Public Palliative Care Education in Brazil [PDF]

Nursing Reports
Background/Objectives: Promoting access to palliative care education at all levels and in diverse contexts is essential. In Brazil, however, despite progress, awareness remains limited.
Karin Schmid, Patricia Maluf Cury, Marina Schmidt, Georg Bollig, Janaina Santos Nascimento   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Awareness of Dying Remains Relevant after Fifty Years

Grounded Theory Review: An International Journal, 2015
This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Awareness of Dying, one of four monographs that culminated from a six-year funded research program titled Hospital Personnel, Nursing Care and Dying Patients (Glaser, 1968).
Tom Andrews, Alvita K. Nathaniel
doaj   +3 more sources