Journal article
Nursing Home Residents' Perception of the "Good Death"
Journal of religious gerontology, v 10(2)
31 Dec 1997
Abstract
Little is known about the concept of the "good death" and its relationship to formal Christian religious belief. In this research, 15 nursing home residents participated in a semi-structured open-ended interview in which they were asked to describe their beliefs about the good death experience. This paper summarizes the most distinctive themes of one study of the impact, of formal religious belief on attitudes regarding the good death. The majority of interviewees defined a good death in terms of freedom from pain and suffering, and indicated that religious faith and prayer were important to them in coping with death and dying.
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- Title
- Nursing Home Residents' Perception of the "Good Death"
- Creators
- Florence Gelo - Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann School of MedicineLinda O'Brien - Cooper Hospital/University Medical CenterBonnie O'Connor - Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann School of Medicine
- Publication Details
- Journal of religious gerontology, v 10(2)
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- MD (Doctor of Medicine) Program
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85016215425
- Other Identifier
- 991020836506904721