The attitudes of social work students toward end-of-life care planning
| Autor: | Sung Ae Kwon, Stacey Kolomer, Jamie Alper |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Adult
Male Social Work Health (social science) Attitude to Death media_common.quotation_subject education Pain relief Advance Care Planning Sex Factors medicine Humans Life-span and Life-course Studies Students media_common Social work Apprehension Palliative Care Age Factors Middle Aged Preference Self-determination Attitude Socioeconomic Factors Female medicine.symptom Psychology Social psychology End-of-life care |
| Zdroj: | Journal of social work in end-of-lifepalliative care. 10(3) |
| ISSN: | 1552-4264 |
| Popis: | This study examined the attitudes of social work students toward end-of-life care planning, as well as their degree of willingness to engage in this area of social work practice. Factors associated with their attitudes were measured through structured surveys completed by 102 social work students (N = 102) at a school of social work in the southeast. Results indicated that these social work students tended to have positive attitudes toward end-of-life care planning in general. Moreover, these attitudes were positively associated with preference for pain relief treatment, higher levels of comfort when discussing death, more emphasis on self-determination, and apprehension of conflicts of self-determination. The results of this study underscored the increased societal need for recognition of personal preferences in end-of-life care, higher levels of comfort when discussing death, and an increased commitment of social workers' to maintaining the ethical principle of the client's right to self-determination in end-of-life planning. While this is not surprising, it points to a continuing need to re-assess where the field stands in its preparation of social work professionals who will work closely with people who are dying and their families. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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