Social relationships and community end of life care in Hong Kong
A three-stage model of social capital development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15081986 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W S Chan (0000-0001-8162-5253, University of Manitoba, corresponding author), Payne (0000-0001-6982-9181, Lancaster University), Laura M Funk (0000-0003-0411-0410, University of Manitoba) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 159-175 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mortality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1357-6275 • E-ISSN: 1469-9885 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13576275.2022.2126934 |
| OpenAlex | W4296699116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
End-of-life (EOL) care is a crucial public health issue in Hong Kong, and one in which the community social service sector has become increasingly involved, as healthcare policy in the city shifts towards greater emphasis on social relationships in non-medical forms of EOL care. This study used abductive grounded theory methodology to illustrate the dynamics and mechanisms involved in social relationships between dying people (and their families), volunteers, and professionals in community-based social service agencies in Hong Kong. The aims are a) to understand how social relationships influence the experiences of dying people and their families, and b) to engage theoretically with concepts of social capital and compassionate communities to explicate the dynamic and relational processes involved in this phenomenon. Fourteen in-depth interviews with practitioners and two service users affiliated with two community-based EOL care agencies in Hong Kong were conducted. Findings inform a parsimonious three-stage model of social capital development in which relationships between service agency workers and families address a key precondition of social capital through establishing trust, facilitating the accessibility of social capital through cultivating mutuality, and mobilising social capital through collaborating in community EOL care. These processes in turn mitigate community detachment in the EOL experience
Agency (philosophy · Economic growth · Economics · Grounded theory · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
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Bowling alone
Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality
Handbook of theory and research for the sociology of education
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
The “Urban density” question in Hong Kong
Social Capital
Diagnosing Gaps in the Development of Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Understanding community engagement in end-of-life care
Building community capacity for end of life
Hospice volunteers
Family social capital and health – a systematic review and redirection
Home as a place of caring and wellbeing? A qualitative study of informal carers and caring networks lived experiences of providing in-home end-of-life care
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Theory Construction in Qualitative Research
The Strength of Weak Ties
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |