Introduction. Death means the irreversible termination of organism’s vital activities. Dying presents an state incurable disease from which death is expected in due time. The experience meaning life defined as degree to individual understands and sees significance his life, how what extent he feels purpose life. Aim. aim this research was determine role demographic characteristics (gender, age,...

Nurses are frequently exposed to dying patients and death in the course of their work. This experience makes individuals conscious of their own mortality, often giving rise to anxiety and unease. Nurses who have a strong anxiety about death may be less comfortable providing nursing care for patients at the end of their life. This paper explores the literature on death anxiety and nurses' attitu...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine relationships among demographic variables and nurses attitudes toward death and caring for dying patients. DESIGN Descriptive and correlational. SETTING Two metropolitan hospitals in Detroit, MI. SAMPLE 58 RNs practicing in oncology and medical/surgical nursing. The majority was female and white, with a mean age of 41 years. METHODS Completed survey of thre...

Meanings of religious and nonreligious spirituality are explored, with implications for death acceptance, death rejection, and life extension. In the first of two exploratory studies, 16 elders low on intrinsic religiosity were compared with 116 elders high in religiosity; they differed both in qualitative responses and on death attitudes. In the second, 48 elders were assessed on religious and...