Death and Dying Course Offerings in Psychology: A Survey of Nine Midwestern States

Eckerd, Lizabeth M.

doi:10.1080/07481180902961211

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“…Moreover 90.0% of nurses agreed to attach bereavement training programme.These findings are in agreement with Zhang and Lane [13] who pointed out that, nurses need to be knowledgeable about end of life and bereavement issues to provide quality care.Also, these findings are in accordance with (Eckerd 2009 [14][15][16] who were added that, small numbers of nurses and midwives report having had bereavement care training.…”

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Knowledge and attitude of maternity nurses regarding perinatal bereavement care

Mohamed

Elati

Zaki

2015

JNEP

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Background: Parents whose infants had died are in need for especial care and support, these needs are difficult and stressful. This study was aimed to evaluate knowledge and attitude of maternity nurses regarding perinatal bereavement care.Method: A convenience sample including 50 maternity nurses were participated in the current study. Design: A descriptive study design was utilized to conduct the current study. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection, an interview schedule and attitude likerate scale. Results:The current study findings revealed that, nurses had inadequate level of knowledge, positive and highly positive attitude regarding perinatal bereavement care were presented in (26%, & 64%) of nurses respectively. Nurses reside in rural areas, had personal grieving experiences and those had past experience in handling grieving parents had a highly positive attitude toward perinatal bereavement care. Conclusion:This study finding showed that, bereavement counseling education and preceptorship supervision are recommended to reduce this stressful experience, increase the confidence and expertise of nurses, and lead to increased quality of care for bereaved parents.

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Knowledge and attitude of maternity nurses regarding perinatal bereavement care

Mohamed

Elati

Zaki

2015

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“…We have presented several instructional strategies that can be implemented across CACREP core areas. Although most counselors will deal with issues of grief and loss, it seems that many students are not adequately prepared to do so prior to becoming professional counselors (Eckerd, 2009; Wass, 2004). Beginning counselors’ discomfort with grief and loss indicates a need for counselor educators to address these issues in the classroom and within supervision.…”

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“…In addition to issues related to death and dying, grief and loss as a broad concept encompasses countless facets of human experience, such as normative life‐cycle transitions, divorce, substance abuse and recovery, illness, trauma, and career change. Grief and loss course work, however, is not specifically required in most counselor education programs (Breen, 2010), and counselor educators may be reluctant to engage in teaching these courses because of a number of factors, including their own attitudes, religious beliefs, and lack of training (Eckerd, 2009).…”

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Grief and Loss Education: Recommendations for Curricular Inclusion

Horn

Crews

Harrawood

2013

Couns Edu & Supervision

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Currently, the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (2009) does not require course work on grief and loss, and it is possible for counselors to practice without any formal training in the area. The purpose of this article is to highlight the need for additional grief and loss education in the curriculum, provide a brief overview of the current literature surrounding grief and loss, and suggest pedagogical strategies for counselor preparation.

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“…While there is an increasing number of undergraduate courses on the psychology of death and dying, few graduate-level courses are available to psychologists in training (Eckerd, 2009). Further, the majority of therapies for grief and death- More recently psychologists specializing in grief work have speculated on the potential benefits of mindfulness-based therapies for grieving indiviudals (Kumar, 2005).…”

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A terror management theory based intervention for anxiety in spouses of cancer patients

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As the U.S. population ages the number of family caregivers is expected to rise. Family caregivers are a valuable source of informal healthcare services for patients and the public, in terms of reducing healthcare costs. However, research suggests family caregiving is not only financially costly for individuals, but associated with a number of medical and mental health risks, with spouses at higher risk for negative outcomes compared to other family members. Traditional evidence-based therapies for stress in family caregivers have been shown to be minimally efficacious with spouses. No therapies take into account the existential nature of spouse caregiver stress, including the potential nonconscious role of loss of life meaning/purpose and death anxiety. This study of multiple baseline design preliminarily explored the effects of a novel 8-week Terror Management Theory integrated existential psychotherapy (TIE) on stress and nonconscious mechanisms believed to function as buffers for existential anxiety, in five women with spouses receiving cancer treatment. Methods included ecological momentary assessment (EMA) of anxiety and self-esteem states via text message sent three times daily-and intermittent assessment of death anxiety, self-compassion, meaning in life, and quality of life at baseline, intervention, immediate post, and 1-month follow-up. Visual and statistical analyses indicated significant between-phase trend changes in anxiety and self-esteem within participants, although direction of changes varied across participants. Additionally, changes in death anxiety, self-compassion, meaning in life, and quality of life between phases varied across participants in directions inconsistent with intervention aims and participants' subjective impressions of intervention-related changes. Mixed findings point to the complexity of spouse caregiver vi psychology and highlight the need for more effective therapies with this population. Results may also guide future research and development of existentially-informed therapies. vii

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Death and Dying Course Offerings in Psychology: A Survey of Nine Midwestern States

Cited by 13 publications

References 8 publications

Knowledge and attitude of maternity nurses regarding perinatal bereavement care

Knowledge and attitude of maternity nurses regarding perinatal bereavement care

Grief and Loss Education: Recommendations for Curricular Inclusion

A terror management theory based intervention for anxiety in spouses of cancer patients

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