OBJECTIVE: To describe perceptions, feelings, and attitudes towards death for Intensive Care Units (ICU) professionals, as well to analyze demographic sociocultural factors associated with these outcomes.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes toward death among older adults in Malaysia's Klang Valley and identify the social factors that influence these attitudes.
 
 Theoretical framework: based on theoretical framework can have a significant impact physical mental health elderly, as well their acceptance care quality death.
 Method/design/approach: A cros...

BACKGROUND Over the past three decades, public attitudes to organ donation have been a subject of numerous studies focusing on donor motivation. Here, we present a fresh approach. We suggest focusing on public acceptability instead of motivation. The point is to understand public attitudes well enough to avoid risking public support for organ transplantation. We conducted the study in Denmark b...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of the residents of Ahwaz toward organ donation after brain death. Materials and Methods: A total of 1000 people between 15 and 70 years of age were selected by cluster sampling in Ahwaz, south-west of Iran. A questionnaire was designed about the attitudes of the interviewees toward organ donation after brain death by themselves ...

End-of-Life Care in the intensive and critical care unit (ICU) involves the rare situation of caring for brain dead persons who, by their death, become potential organ donors (POD). A consequence might be that end-of-life care continues into after-death care in order to facilitate organ donation (OD). In this situation, the concept of organ donor advocacy is critical. Aim: The overall objective...

I surveyed 60 hospice nurses regarding their knowledge and attitudes toward the near-death experience (NDE), using Thornburg's NearDeath Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire. Most hospice nurses had previous work experience with an NDEr. Approximately half the nurses were knowledgeable about the NDE. All participants had a positive attitude toward near-death phenomena and toward cari...

PURPOSE This paper aims to understand the impact of emotional labour in specific health care settings and its potential effect on patient care. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Multi-method qualitative ethnographic study undertaken in a large ICU in Sydney, Australia using observations from patient case studies, ward rounds and family conferences, open ended interviews with medical and nursing cli...