A Qualitative Study of How Hospice Workers Cope With Their Level of Exposure to Death
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628133 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Sielaff (0000-0002-8573-5166, University of Arizona, corresponding author), Lyla Rothschild (0000-0002-0630-4908, Ernest Becker Foundation, Tucson, AZ, USA), Dylan E Horner (0000-0002-6065-5434, University of Arizona), Jeff Greenberg (0000-0002-2206-0771, University of Arizona) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 356-377 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-16 |
| 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 | 10.1177/00302228231184297 |
| PMID | 38124327 |
| OpenAlex | W4380880049 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
ObjectiveTo identify whether hospice workers hold unique and theoretically-informative perspectives about death, especially as they relate to terror management processes.MethodTwelve hospice workers from two hospices in Tucson, Arizona, United States, participated in semi-structured interviews. Interview and analytic practices were guided by Grounded Theory (Glaser & Strauss, 1967).ResultsThree categories were identified in relation to death attitudes: effects of chronic confrontation with death; reasons for working in hospice; and perceptions of death in others.ConclusionsTwo theoretically informative trends appeared. First, hospice workers largely manage death anxiety as identified by existing literature with the notable exception that hospice workers overall seem to integrate death and dying into their worldviews as a meaningful category, as opposed to avoiding thinking about death. Second, even among those regularly exposed to death, there seems to be a range across participants on a continuum from avoiding to confronting the topic of death
Anxiety · Death anxiety · Fear of death · Grounded theory · Hospice care · Palliative care · Perception · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
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The Causes and Consequences of a Need for Self-Esteem
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The moderating role of extrinsic contingency focus on reactions to threat
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An Appreciative View of the Brighter Side of Terror Management Processes
A Terror Management Analysis of the Psychological Functions of Religion
Modern Death
Managing Death in the Burning Grounds of Varanasi, India
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |