Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This qualitative and quantitative study focused on exploring hospice patient’s perceptions of family support. Family support was conceptualized as which family member they expect to receive support from, types of support provided, frequency of support, family communication about medical illness, and type of support that is perceived to be most helpful. Fifteen partcipants between the ages of 70 to 98 were interviewed using purposive sampling. Findings showed that although participants found both physical and emotional support helpful, more than half reported perceiving emotional support as the most helpful. Recommendations for social work practice and research were discussed.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Social Work
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- School of Social Work
- Year dc:date.available
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Renteria, Claudia
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Rosemary McCaslin
Subjects
dc:subject × 7Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/36
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-1075