Advance care planning: End-of-life hopes and fears among community dwelling adults

Autor:	Alissa Dark-Freudeman, Benjamin A Bensadon
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Adult Death Advance Care Planning Terminal Care Humans Fear Independent Living United States humanities Applied Psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Health Psychology. 27:3177-3189
ISSN:	1461-7277 1359-1053
DOI:	10.1177/13591053221089726
Popis:	End-of-life (EOL) medical care in the United States often does not align with patients’ goals and preferences. This study explored EOL hopes and fears among 86 community-dwelling adults and examined medical and psychological predictors of death anxiety. Common EOL hopes included absence of suffering, closure, and personal fulfillment. Common EOL fears included suffering, lack of competence, and specific types of death. Fear of the dying process was greater than fear of death itself. Health predicted death anxiety; age alone, did not. Advance care planning and clinical decision making should include these psychological insights and explicitly address EOL hopes and fears.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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