Health care management How hospice nurses' beliefs about death and dying frame their caregiving MIAMI UNIVERSITY Kate DeMedeiros AtalaSarahIn 2010, almost half (42%) of all deaths in the United States were under the care of a hospice program; 82.7% of those were patients 65 or older (...
Special Issue: Cultural diversity and geriatric care: Challenges to the health professionsDiverse cultural beliefs and practices about death and dying in the elderly. Special Issue: Cultural diversity and geriatric care: Challenges to the health professionsKagawaSinger, Marjorie...
In today's multicultural social environment, with an ever-increasing immigrant population, social workers are challenged to be knowledgeable about diverse cultures. Recently, a forum of health care professionals and social workers in Hong Kong conducted a survey of the general population to assess ...
The Islamic faith have a unique set of beliefs towards death and dying. This can be seen in their practices and attitudes towards funerals. This article will talk about some of these Muslim funeral traditions. We first discuss what happens before and at the time of death. Later we’ll cover...
Death and DyingDeath and Dying » Bl-Ce » Cemeteries and Cemetery Reform Cemeteries and Cemetery Reform When death strikes in society certain events and rituals must be undertaken. The decaying of the corpse and beliefs about death make the presence of the dead person among the living unacce...
The Jews believe in a messianic era that will bring about a resurrection of the dead and Day of Judgment. This will be followed by Olam Ha Ba -- a better “World to Come.” There are few absolutes in Judaism, and always much discussion and disagreement between rabbinical scholars. Some ...
The study of subjective beliefs by economists has mainly focused on subjective probabilities and their accuracy compared to realized outcomes.Footnote 1 Emphasis on subjective probabilities rather than other beliefs, such as beliefs about lost utility or various proxies for this, conditional on experiencin...
Steeped in cultural heritage, the Chinese traditionally equate death with misfortune. This deeply rooted belief has led to a low rate of living will signings and poses challenges for implementing death education. Master’s degree nursing students are ins
In today's multicultural social environment, with an ever-increasing immigrant population, social workers are challenged to be knowledgeable about diverse cultures. Recently, a forum of health care professionals and social workers in Hong Kong conducted a survey of the general population to assess ...
Transformation of nursing students' attitudes, assumptions, and beliefs on death and dying: A mixed methods study The purpose of this sequential mixed methods study was to determine if transformative learning in the area of death and dying occurs during nursing educati... MO Doyle - Dissertations ...