Associations Between Oncology Nurses' Attitudes Toward Death and Caring for Dying Patients

Abstract

Training and support programs for oncology nurses should take into consideration nurses' personal attitudes toward death as well as their religious and cultural backgrounds.

Avaliação Do Perfil De Atitudes Acerca Da Morte: Estudo Com Graduandos Da Área De Saúde

“…11 In other studies, unlike the study conducted in the present study and in Iran, the average for the fear of death was found to be higher than the other attitudes. 10,12 It was observed that the undergraduate students of the public health course obtained higher averages in the dimensions of fear of death, which is characterized by a certain anxiety caused by thoughts and feelings about death and the dying process; and avoidance of death, which is related to detachment, either through speech or contact with death, in order to reduce fear and anxiety, since they impel the individual to attribute meaning to life. A study with 147 nurses found a positive correlation between fear of death and avoidance of death and approach acceptance, explaining that nurses who are more fearful of death and avoidant of death present fewer positive attitudes towards the care of palliative patients.…”

“…A study with 147 nurses found a positive correlation between fear of death and avoidance of death and approach acceptance, explaining that nurses who are more fearful of death and avoidant of death present fewer positive attitudes towards the care of palliative patients. 12 Among the undergraduate students of the Speech Therapy course, the highest averages were seen in the approach acceptance dimensions, which implies the existence of a belief in the happy continuity of life beyond death; and the escape acceptance which may be a response of the individual to the difficulties of life, where death can be perceived as an exit from the suffering experienced. A study conducted with Israeli nurses found a positive correlation between approach acceptance and avoidance of death and escape acceptance and also found that nurses with higher averages of approach acceptance had fewer positive attitudes toward palliative care of patients, which may be related with culture and practiced religion.…”

“…A study conducted with Israeli nurses found a positive correlation between approach acceptance and avoidance of death and escape acceptance and also found that nurses with higher averages of approach acceptance had fewer positive attitudes toward palliative care of patients, which may be related with culture and practiced religion. 12 The highest average of the neutral acceptance dimension was highlighted in the nursing cours. This result ratifies a study with 360 nurses from different areas (palliative, medical, hematological and oncologic) who also obtained higher means of neutral acceptance, but the palliative nurses obtained a greater neutral acceptance and found a positive significance with the fact that they have greater contact with the patient.…”

Is profession associated with fear of death?

“…Célunk volt továbbá az is, hogy megvizsgáljuk, a halál-lal és haldoklással kapcsolatos mely tényezők keltik a legerősebb félelmet a résztvevőkben, és feltérképezzük, milyen képzési, illetve intervenciós lehetőségek lehetnek a segítők segítségére abban, hogy a halállal kapcsolatos kommunikáció nyíltabbá váljon, ezáltal csökkenjen az ezzel kapcsolatos szorongás és javuljon a haldoklókkal és hozzátartozóikkal való kommunikáció [7,8]. Amennyiben a foglalkozás és a halálfélelem között van kapcsolat, a félelmet leginkább kiváltó összetevők ismerete hozzájá-rulhat a beavatkozási módszerek csoportspecifi kus meghatározásához.…”

Study of Subjective View on the Meaning of Well-dying Held by Medical Practitioners and Nursing Students: Based on Q-Methodology

“…임종장소가 가정에서 의료시설로 변화됨에 따라 의 료인은 더 자주 임종과정에 참여하게 되었으며, 죽음에 대한 이들의 태도, 인식, 가치는 임종환자와 가족에게 그대로 영향을 미치게 되었다 (8,9). 따라서 의료인의 긍 정적인 죽음관 형성을 위해서는 간호교육과정에서부터 이를 반영하여 교육이 이루어져야 한다 (8,9).…”