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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"death & dying"”.
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Death, Dying and Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
… to dark tourism – the act of travel to sites of death, disaster and the seemingly macabre – understanding of the concept remains limited, particularly from a consumption perspective. That is, the literature focuses primarily on the supply of dark tourism. Less attention, however, has been paid to …
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Death, dying and ‘difficult’ marketing: an ethnographic study of marketing at an English hospice
… both of the organisation and the sector is, death and dying, this study addresses the paucity of studies carried out in the difficult context of a hospice. By revealing the consequences of the work of a non-clinical team this study broadens the consideration of who and what influences EOLC. …
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Preparedness of emergency care providers to deal with death, dying and bereavement in the prehospital setting
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Science: Emergency Medical Care, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2018.
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The experiences of staff supporting people with intellectual disabilities with dementia, death, and bereavement
… with intellectual disabilities with issues of death, dying, and bereavement. A metasynthesis was conducted to review 13 papers meeting the inclusion criteria. Three themes were developed: (1) Talking about death is hard: Negotiating the uncertainty in death, dying, and bereavement; (2) The …
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Death and Ethnicity: A Psychocultural Study-Twenty-Five Years Later.
… concerning attitudes and behaviors toward death, dying, and bereavement among Caucasian, African, Hispanic, and Asian American adult participants in north Texas with the results of a 1976 study by Kalish and Reynolds on death attitudes and behaviors of Caucasian, African, Mexican, and …
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Barriers Limiting Access to Hospice Care for Elderly African Americans in Amarillo, Texas
… attitudes, beliefs and expectations related to death and issues surrounding hospice care. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers that may limit access to hospice care for African Americans. A questionnaire was administered to 56 elderly African Americans in three religious settings …
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A phenomenological study of the Christian experience of God
… 8) Contemplation/Inner feeling; 9) SufTermg/Death/Dying; 10) A sense of a presence; 11) Anger, 12) Submission to a higher power, 13) Theological insight. A specific situated structure of the experience is formulated for each person, with a subsequent synthesis or universal structure of the …
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Patterns of Psychological Adaptation in Death and Dying: A Causal Model and Exploratory Study
… as they affected psychological adaptation in dying. An adaptation paradigm of constructs from nursing, illness, and dying provided the theoretical framework which was used to formulate and test a causal model. This study, in addition, had a qualitative component that identified, from the …
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Photography Loss And Memory: a visual account of grief description
… professional practice regarding human aspects of death, dying, bereavement and grief, have emerged as a prolific, diverse and at times controversial area. Much of the theories and expert opinion has been largely expressed in scientific or clinical terms; research and practice from a creative …
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Dying to Learn, Learning to Die, The Craft of Dying in Early Modern English Drama and the Cultivation of Dying-Voice Literacy
<p>DYING TO LEARN, LEARNING TO DIE</p> <p>THE CRAFT OF DYING IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA</p> <p>AND THE CULTIVATION OF DYING-VOICE LITERACY</p> <p>by</p> <p>SIMON G. FORTIN</p> <p>Adviser: Professor Mario DiGangi</p> <p>This dissertation contends that, through their relentless dramatization of …
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Failed futures, broken promises, and the prospect of cybernetic immortality: toward an abundant sociological history of cryonic suspension, 1962-1979
… subjecting them, at the pronouncement of legal death, to extremely low temperatures (-360◦ F, -196◦ C), which are then controlled and maintained over the long term by liquid nitrogen filled ""cryocapsules."" Cryonics is ultimately motivated by the hope that medicine will at some future point …
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Resilience: The Lived Experience of Elderly Widowers Following the Death of a Spouse
… and higher mortality rates following the death of a spouse. Mens' abilities for dealing with loss have been questioned, but little research has been done with this group. Surviving widowers provided significant insights illuminating the experience of resilience and providing relevant …
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Lifting the Veil off Widowhood: Portraits of Transformation
… how their lives have been transformed since the death of their spouse. For this study, the death of a spouse was seen as a transforming event in the life of a married woman. The nature of this transformation varied with each respondent. Portraiture was the primary biographical methodology used. …
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Shared Presence: Caring for a Dying Spouse
… and their end-of-life experience with their dying husbands. The purpose of this study was to explore wives' perceptions of hospital and hospice care at their husbands' end-of-life. The grounded theory method was used for this study. Data were collected over thirteen months and then …
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End-of-life care supports and decision-making practices in specialist intellectual disability residential services
… there was a lack of conversations about death and dying in general as well as discussions about end-of-life care in particular, with the decedents involved. This culture of silence prevented people with an ID from being informed that they were dying. Finally, this study also determined …
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PHYSICIAN'S EXPERIENCES WITH DEATH AND DYING: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
… essences, meanings and understanding surrounding death and dying. Starting with themes revealed in literature, in-depth interviews were used to ask selected physicians providing care: How does death affect them? Are physicians receiving adequate training in end-of-life care? Does the medical …
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Self-care towards the end of life
Background Self-care is widely promoted as a means of managing chronic disease, reducing healthcare costs, and improving patient outcomes. However, its application towards the end of life, a period marked by increasing frailty, dependency, and shifting care priorities, remains underexplored. …
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Between paradox and prescribing: Understanding anticipatory prescribing at the end of life in UK care homes
… Care Excellence issued guidelines on the care of dying adults and specifically highlighted the need for empirical research into the use of anticipatory medicines in practice. Despite substantial developments in the literature since then, the evidence base supporting the implementation of …