Data from a US mortality follow-back survey were analyzed to determine whether having a firearm in the home increases the risk of a violent death in the home and whether risk varies by storage practice, type of gun, or number of guns in the home. Those persons with guns in the home were at greater risk than those without guns in the home of dying from a homicide in the home (adjusted odds ratio...

Every year more than half a million people die in the United Kingdom, and most of these deaths occur in hospitals. While some deaths occur suddenly, the majority of deaths are predictable, occurring after a period of chronic illness. All doctors will at some stage be required to care for patients who are dying and communication is the key to doing this well. Sadly, all too often this is not ach...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe nursing interventions to promote dignified dying as identified by nurses in four countries. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey design. SETTING Hospitals and clinics in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and the United States. SAMPLE A convenience sample of 560 nurses who cared for dying patients in Ethiopia (n = 14), India (n = 229), Kenya (n = 36), and the United States (n...

BACKGROUND Despite robust evidence on the inverse relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality, deviations from expected results have been observed likely due to school achievement and psychosocial resources, termed as "reserve capacity." Since adolescence is a critical period in developing sound psychological and behavioural patterns and adolescent markers of SES were seldom u...

BACKGROUND Different ideas of "good death" may influence the effectiveness of end-of-life care in patients with different ethos. This study aimed to identify the influence of believing in individual life after death on "good death" models. METHODS Semi structured-interview to 8 persons, 4 believers and 4 non-believers in individual life after death from the general Italian population. Analysi...

OBJECTIVE Both higher levels of educational attainment and a strong sense of control over one's life independently predict better health and longevity. Evidence also suggests that these 2 factors may combine in multiplicative ways to influence subjective reports of health. METHOD In the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) national sample (N = 6,135; age = 25 to 75 years), we tested whether s...

This paper presents a middle-range theory of psychological adaptation in death and dying that was abstracted from a series of quantitative and qualitative studies. The findings from these studies are described, a conceptual definition for end-of-life psychological adaptation is given, evidence is synthesized into a limited number of assumptions, testable hypotheses are derived, and the construc...

People living on a low income are less likely to access palliative care in the UK; however, beyond statistics, little is known about impact of poverty attitudes towards death and experiences dying bereavement. Covid-19 has disproportionally affected poorer communities foregrounded issues social health inequalities including loss grief. Whilst this might suggest an opportune moment for embracing...