Death and Dying and the Social Work Role

Hobart, Katharine; Msw,; Lcsw,

doi:10.1300/j083v36n03_14

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“…They can play a key role in providing psychosocial care and support, helping people make important choices about home versus hospital care amidst the often changing and uncertain trajectory of advanced illness (Hebert, Schulz, Copeland, & Arnold, 2009;Hobart, 2002). However, more information on expectations concerning hospital decision making is critically needed to help social workers and other health care professionals gain a greater understanding of the decision-making process, develop culturally sensitive interventions, and refine strategies for addressing conflicts between care recipients and their caregivers.…”

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Go to the Hospital or Stay at Home? A Qualitative Study of Expected Hospital Decision Making Among Older African Americans With Advanced Heart Failure

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Marsack

Camp

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Journal of Gerontological Social Work

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Go to the Hospital or Stay at Home? A Qualitative Study of Expected Hospital Decision Making Among Older African Americans With Advanced Heart Failure

Hopp

Marsack

Camp

et al. 2013

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

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“…In addition, a growing consensus among experts in end-of-life care recommends probing the relationship between health care provider communication behavior and personal death attitudes (George, 2002;Hobart, 2001;Koenig, 2002;Tennstedt, 2002). Therefore, the present study addressed the following research questions: (a) What are the personal death attitudes, advance directive communication practices, and terminal illness and death experiences of hospital-based health care professionals?…”

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Health Care Professionals' Death Attitudes, Experiences, and Advance Directive Communication Behavior

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2007

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The study surveyed 135 health care professionals (74 nurses, 32 physicians, and 29 social workers) to examine their personal death attitudes and experiences in relation to their reported advance directive communication practice behavior. Negative correlations were found between collaborating with other health care professionals regarding the directives and fear of death, avoidance of death, and escape acceptance of death. Approach acceptance of death positively correlated with initiating the discussion of advance directives. Practitioners indicating recent personal experiences with terminal illness reported disclosing more information about the documents.

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“…Many social workers and health care professionals work extensively with dying people and their families (Hobart, 2001;Taylor-Brown & Sormanti, 2004). A growing body of literature indicates that such professionals with lower death anxiety may provide higher quality care (DePaola, Neimeyer, & Ross, 1994;Vickio & Cavenaugh, 1985).…”

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Levels of Death Anxiety: A Comparison of American and Lithuanian Health and Social Service Personnel

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Globalization, coupled with increased attention to issues surrounding death, highlights the need to explore cultural influences on the social, personal, and psychological consequences of death. This study compared the responses of 82 American and 119 Lithuanian health and social service personnel on seven subscales of the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale. Lithuanian participants were more likely to express fear of the dying process and fear of the unknown and were less likely to fear the dead than were Americans. The findings suggest that different historical and environmental experiences with death may influence anxiety about various dimensions of death. Cultural differences in the dimensions of death anxiety among health and social service providers in the two nations suggest the importance of differential training based on specific cultural knowledge to improve the quality of care.

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Death and Dying and the Social Work Role

Cited by 19 publications

References 15 publications

Go to the Hospital or Stay at Home? A Qualitative Study of Expected Hospital Decision Making Among Older African Americans With Advanced Heart Failure

Go to the Hospital or Stay at Home? A Qualitative Study of Expected Hospital Decision Making Among Older African Americans With Advanced Heart Failure

Health Care Professionals' Death Attitudes, Experiences, and Advance Directive Communication Behavior

Levels of Death Anxiety: A Comparison of American and Lithuanian Health and Social Service Personnel

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