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Attitudes of the General Population, Cancer Patients, Their Family Caregivers, and Physicians toward Dying and Death: A Nationwide Survey
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Yun, Young Ho Kim, Kyoung Nam Sim, Jin-Ah Lee, Jihye Choo, Jiyeon An, Ah Reum Yoo, Shin Hye Keam, Bhumsuk Kim, Tae-You Chang, Yoon Jung Kim, Yoo Jung Shim, Hyun-Jeong Lee, Nari Kang, Jung Hun Kwon, Jung Hye Lee, Jung Lim Lee, Soon Nam Kim, Si-Young Kang, Eunjoo Do, Young Rok Yun, Hwan-Jung Jung, Kyung Hae |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Little is known about people’s attitudes toward death. We aimed to examine attitudes toward death and to investigate their associations with health status in various participant groups. We administered nationwide questionnaires to a total of 4,107 individuals including general Korean population, cancer patients, family caregivers, and physicians. Association of attitudes toward five aspects of dying and death—the ending of life, fearing death because it is painful, anticipating an afterlife, preparing to practice charity and being remembered—and physical, mental, social, and spiritual health status were also analyzed. Attitudes differed. Most (63.4%-76.2%) accepted that death is the ending of life, 45.6%-58.8% feared a painful death, 47.6%-55.0% anticipated an afterlife, 88.5%-93.0% expected to forgive, and 89.9%-94.1% expected to be remembered after death. The general population, cancer patients, and family caregivers had similar attitudes but had more positive attitudes than physicians on the ending of life, fearing a painful death, and anticipating an afterlife. Accepting death as the ending of life and fear of death pain were inversely associated with mental, social, spiritual, or general health status, but participants anticipating an afterlife, expecting to forgive, or expecting to be remembered showed better social, spiritual, or general health status. This nationwide study of various participant groups shows that attitudes toward dying and death were associated with mental, social, spiritual, or general health, but not physical health status. These data suggest that sensitive and skillful discussions of death and dying might contribute to peaceful end of life. |
| Starting Page | 201 |
| Ending Page | 201 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.5539/gjhs.v9n10p201 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/gjhs/article/download/70697/38557 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v9n10p201 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
