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Psychosocial Support within the Context of Perinatal Palliative Care: The “SORROWFUL” Model

open access: yesChildren, 2022
Against the background of a society that tends to underrate the grief experienced by parents whose infants have died prematurely, the model “SORROWFUL” is presented here with the intent to highlight the significance of the death of a newborn for the ...
Kerstin von der Hude, Lars Garten
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Dying and death in Canada

open access: yes, 2022
"Dying and Death in Canada provides a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of dying, death, and bereavement from a Canadian perspective. The fourth edition covers current issues and recent developments in the field, such the implementation of Medical ...
Northcott, Herbert C. 1947-   +1 more
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Nurses' Perceptions on Good Death and Their Attitudes Towards the Care of Dying Individuals

open access: yes, 2022
This study was conducted to determine the good death perceptions of intensive care and oncology inpatient unit nurses, their attitudes toward care of the dying and the correlation between them. The sample of this study consisted of 134 intensive care and
Turkben Polat, Hilal
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The Use of Mechanical Ventilation Support at the End of Life in Motor Neurone Disease/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Scoping Review

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2022
There has been an increase in the use of mechanical ventilation (MV) in motor neurone disease (MND) to alleviate symptoms related to hypoventilation. Little is known about its use at the end of life, and the withdrawal of MV is a challenging topic.
Eleanor Wilson   +3 more
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Silent Questions: (Not) Talking about Dying in the Pearl River Delta

open access: yesMedicine Anthropology Theory, 2022
This Field Notes contribution describes the difficulty of confronting the topic of dying in conversations with terminally ill persons in the Pearl River Delta region in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and how the ethnographer responded to this ...
Mira Menzfeld
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Dying, death and bereavement: a qualitative study of the views of carers of people with heart failure in the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
BACKGROUND: This paper explores carers' views of dying, death and bereavement for family members who had recently died with heart failure adding to a growing literature on end of life experiences for people with conditions other than cancer ...
Seamark David   +28 more
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Cesta k neo-modernímu typu smrti

open access: yesHistorická sociologie, 2017
This text aims to trace the thematisation of death and dying in Sociology, which in the 1990’ evolves into constituion of independent sociological sub-discipline: “sociology of dying and death”.
Lenka Beranová
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Death and Dying During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Tahan Na, Humimlay

open access: yesPhilippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2021
Nagwakas ang araw Lupa’t dagat, langit, pumanaw Tahan na, Humimlay Siyanawa — JF Lapeña, Tahan Na, Humimlay   The continuing COVID-19 pandemic has directly or indirectly claimed the lives of countless colleagues, friends, and family.
José Florencio Lapeña, Jr
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Cultural Interpretation of Dying and Death in a Non-Western Society: The Case of Nigeria

open access: yes, 2002
Using Western theories and perspectives as models, this chapter discusses the cultural interpretation of dying and death in a non-Western society. Also discussed, based on the historical, political, and cultural history of Nigeria, are the implications ...
Eyetsemitan, Frank, Frank Eyetsemitan
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Assisted dying in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand: Lessons for Scotland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Assisted dying is now legal in many parts of the world, including in several US states, Colombia, Switzerland, Spain, and the Benelux countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands).
Gill, Michael   +4 more
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