Physicians and the Terminal Patient
Some Selected Attitudes and Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13627652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Priscilla Rea (University of Denver, corresponding author), Shirley Greenspoon (University of Denver), Bernard Spilka (University of Denver) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 291-302 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/wraw-xv2x-xdre-ucdd |
| PMID | 11664564 |
| OpenAlex | W2090379921 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 12 |
This study examined the attitudes and reported behaviors of one hundred and fifty one physicians in ten medical specialties toward terminally ill patients. Most feel the patient must be told of terminal illness, regardless of patient physical status, age, and life expectancy. Few drugs are employed to ease pain and opposition is strong to the use of heroic measures. Older physicians are most negative to offering prognostic information, while experience with dying patients relates to telling the patient of his/her condition, disregarding the family's desires, and spending extra time with the patient. The evidence is that doctors do not perceive terminality as personal failure
Expectancy theory · Family medicine · Life expectancy · Opposition (politics · Palliative care · Terminal (telecommunication · Terminal care · Terminally ill · Ethics in medical practice · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Differences in Attitudes Toward Terminal Patients Among Selected Medical Specialties of Physicians
Religion and death
Dealing with dying patients
Changes in doctor/patient communication of a terminal prognosis
Death Orientation and Communication with the Terminally Ill
Death Anxiety, Disclosure Behaviors, and Attitudes of Oncologists toward Terminal Care
Toward a Model of Caregiver Grief
Projected Image and Observed Behavior of Physicians in Terminal Cancer Care
The Nurse and the Terminally Ill Patient
Attitudes about Death, Dying, and Terminal Care
Measurements of Pain Sensitivity in Normal Control Subjects and in Psychoneurotic Patients
The Relationship between Some Beliefs Held by Physicians and their Life-Prolonging Decisions
Research on Attitudes of Medical Doctors toward the Dying Patient
Cultural Components in Responses to Pain 1
Experimental and correlational studies of the fear of death
Values destroyed by death
Religious Conviction and Fear of Death among the Healthy and the Terminally Ill
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2000 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |