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McGill G, Mann E, Moreland M, Osborne A, Kiernan MD, Wilson-Menzfeld G. Bereaved Military Families: Relationships and Identity. JOURNAL OF LOSS & TRAUMA 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2022.2127678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Gill McGill
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Schoonover KL, Yadav H, Prokop L, Lapid MI. Accommodating Bereaved Parents in the Workplace: A Scoping Review. JOURNAL OF LOSS & TRAUMA 2022; 28:348-363. [PMID: 37635848 PMCID: PMC10456992 DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2022.2122221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Helpful workplace support strategies and accommodations (WSSA) for bereaved parents returning to work was assessed via comprehensive search of databases from 1990-1/21/22. 11 of 45 qualitative articles met inclusion. Bereaved parents often felt returning to work provided a coping strategy for and/or distraction from grief; however, some received insensitive comments by employer/coworkers. Helpful WSSA included flexibility on date to return to work and schedule. In conclusion, due to the intensity of their grief, bereaved parents benefit from a workplace offering individualized time off for bereavement & workplace accommodations to address potential difficulty meeting prior productivity demands.
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- Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Education, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Center for Palliative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic Hospice, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Fadeeva A, Mann E, McGill G, Wilson Menzfeld G, Moreland M, Melling A, Kiernan MD. Bereaved UK military families: A mixed methods study on the provision of practical and emotional support. DEATH STUDIES 2022; 47:450-460. [PMID: 35762408 DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2022.2089777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Traumatic deaths of military personnel can have tragic consequences for the lives and health of bereaved significant others. To mitigate the effects, the UK Armed Forces enhanced the support for bereaved military families. However, little is known about whether the support has been satisfactory. The present research applied mixed methods to explore the experiences of bereaved UK military families (N = 264) with different types of support and how it historically changed over time. The findings suggest that although support has improved, further improvements are required in the provision of financial information, administrative support, and access to psychological support for all bereaved family members.
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- Anastasia Fadeeva
- Violence and Society Centre, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- School of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Matthews LR, Quinlan MG, Bohle P. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Prolonged Grief Disorder in Families Bereaved by a Traumatic Workplace Death: The Need for Satisfactory Information and Support. Front Psychiatry 2019; 10:609. [PMID: 31543835 PMCID: PMC6728923 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The impact of traumatic workplace death on bereaved families, including their mental health and well-being, has rarely been systematically examined. This study aimed to document the rates and key correlates of probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and prolonged grief disorder (PGD) in family members following a workplace injury fatality. The hidden nature of the target population necessitated outreach recruitment techniques, including the use of social media, newspaper articles, radio interviews, and contact with major family support organizations. Data were collected using a cross-sectional design and international online survey. The PCL-C (PTSD), the PHQ-8 (MDD), and PG-13 (PGD) were used to measure mental health disorders. All are well-established self-report measures with strong psychometric qualities. Participants were from Australia (62%), Canada (17%), the USA (16%), and the UK (5%). The majority were females (89.9%), reflecting the gender distribution of traumatic workplace deaths (over 90% of fatalities are male). Most were partners/spouses (38.5%) or parents (35%) and over half (64%) were next of kin to the deceased worker. Most deaths occurred in the industries that regularly account for more than 70 percent of all industrial deaths-construction, manufacturing, transport, and agriculture forestry and fishing. At a mean of 6.40 years (SD = 5.78) post-death, 61 percent of participants had probable PTSD, 44 percent had probable MDD, and 43 percent had probable PGD. Logistic regressions indicated that a longer time since the death reduced the risk of having each disorder. Being next of kin and having a self-reported mental health history increased the risk of having MDD. Of the related information and support variables, having satisfactory support from family, support from a person to help navigate the post-death formalities, and satisfactory information about the death were associated with a decreased risk of probable PTSD, MDD, and PGD, respectively. The findings highlight the potential magnitude of the problem and the need for satisfactory information and support for bereaved families.
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- Lynda R. Matthews
- Work and Health Research Team, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Management, UNSW Business School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Work and Health Research Team, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Ngo M, Matthews LR, Quinlan M, Bohle P. Information needs of bereaved families following fatal work incidents. DEATH STUDIES 2019; 44:478-489. [PMID: 30938585 DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2019.1586792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The sudden and unexpected nature of fatal work incidents can leave family members with a strong need to know how and why the worker died. Forty Australian family members were interviewed to identify the information sought following fatal work incidents and explore the factors enhancing or impairing satisfaction with the account of the death. Findings demonstrated that employers tended to divert responsibility to the worker, to mask underlying systemic failures. Satisfaction was enhanced if family members believed a sense of justice was attained and formal investigations were able to expose the truth and those responsible for the death were identified.
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- Mark Ngo
- Work and Health Research Team, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia
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- Work and Health Research Team, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia
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- School of Management, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
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- Work and Health Research Team, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia
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Ngo M, Matthews LR, Quinlan M, Bohle P. Bereaved Family Members' Views of the Value of Coronial Inquests Into Fatal Work Incidents. OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING 2018; 82:446-466. [PMID: 30572786 DOI: 10.1177/0030222818819344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Fatal work incidents result in an array of government responses, and in countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, this may include the holding of coronial inquests. A common theme from the scant literature is that family members have a strong need to know how and why their loved one died. The inquisitorial nature of inquests suggests potential in uncovering this information, although little is known about families' experiences with these proceedings. Interviews with 40 bereaved relatives explored their views and experiences of inquests. Findings suggest that families, often frustrated with other investigative processes, want inquests to provide a better understanding of how and why the death occurred, uncover any failings/responsibilities, and thereby move closer to a sense of justice being obtained for the deceased. Families identified problems perceived to impair the process and where improvements could be made to secure a more effective and meaningful institutional response to the fatality.
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- Mark Ngo
- Work and Health Research Team, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia
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- Work and Health Research Team, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia
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- School of Management, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
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- Work and Health Research Team, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia
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Dia SA, Mohamed AS, Gaye FS, Ndoye EHO, Fall MCG, Soumah MN, Ndiaye M. [Characteristics of work-related injuries and the fate of the victims: about 133 cases reported to the Social Security Fund in Dakar, Senegal]. Pan Afr Med J 2018; 30:156. [PMID: 30455785 PMCID: PMC6235479 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2018.30.156.10517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Work-related injuries have an impact on social security system of the country, on the victims as well as on their relatives. The objective is the aim of our study was to describe the different characteristics of work-related injuries reported to the Social Security Fund (CSS) in Dakar as well as the socioprofessional course of the victims. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study over a period of 5 years, from 2002 to 2006. Data were collected from 133 cases out of 9 308 reported to the CSS. Various parameters were studied: the socioprofessional characteristics of victims and the lesional features of the injuries. The victims were interviewed to gather informations about their socioprofessional history and their professional situation. RESULTS The average age of patients was 37,55 years, with a male predominance (99,22 %). BPW (22.6%) and fishing (15%) sectors were most affected. Almost two thirds of injuries happened in the workplace (77.4%). These injuries resulted in fractures in 51.7% of cases and affected the hand in 30.1% of cases. Nearly two thirds of injured subjects (60.9%) had resumed their profession. Thirty one subjects were fired and 12 were redeployed. The average period of temporary total incapacity was 236.7 days. The median annual pension was 1 640 329 CFA Francs (2 504,31 Euros). CONCLUSION In Senegal, work-related injuries don't have specific characteristics, as described elsewhere. The low resources allocated to the victims and the lack of supporting social-policy measures explain the different types of suffering of the victims and their families.
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- Sidy Akhmed Dia
- Service de Médecine Légale et de Travail, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar Fann, Sénégal
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- Service de Médecine Légale et de Travail, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar Fann, Sénégal
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- Service de Médecine Légale et de Travail, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar Fann, Sénégal
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- Service de Médecine Légale et de Travail, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar Fann, Sénégal
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- Service de Médecine Légale et de Travail, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar Fann, Sénégal
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- Service de Médecine Légale et de Travail, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar Fann, Sénégal
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Shan D. The anti-therapeutic effects of workers' compensation in China: The case of seafarers. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PSYCHIATRY 2018; 58:97-104. [PMID: 29853019 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2018.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2017] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Workplace injuries are a serious public health problem, potentially leading to loss of earnings, medical expenses, disability and even death for working people. Maritime transport workers - seafarers - are exposed to higher risks of workplace injuries than is the general land-based workforce. China has the world's largest population of international seafarers. Under Chinese law, as elsewhere, losses from workplace accidents are compensated in the form of financial entitlements. However, Chinese seafarers face tremendous challenges in the workers' compensation claim process. This paper investigates the experiences of Chinese seafarers in claiming this compensation, in order to assess the protective capacity of Chinese workers' compensation, known as the Work-Related Injury Insurance System. Drawing on therapeutic jurisprudence, it explores the anti-therapeutic effects that Chinese seafarers confront in the claims process. Based on an analysis of regulatory documents and interview data with the informants - including seafarers, their family members and managerial professionals in the shipping industry - the findings suggest that current work-related injury insurance is unable to provide sufficient assistance for Chinese seafarers. Instead of obtaining effective therapeutic remedies following accidental trauma, Chinese seafarers (and their families) are indeed likely to suffer additional harm in the process of claiming compensation. The paper suggests that further measures should be adopted to improve work-related injury insurance coverage among seafarers, and that efficient sanctions should be strengthened against infringements of seafarers' rights.
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- Desai Shan
- Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada; Seafarers International Research Centre, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK.
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Matthews LR, Fitzpatrick SJ, Quinlan MG, Ngo M, Bohle P. Bereaved families and the coronial response to traumatic workplace fatalities: Organizational perspectives. DEATH STUDIES 2015; 40:191-200. [PMID: 26681297 DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2015.1115787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Work remains a significant source of illness, injury, and death in developed countries. In Australia, for example, over 2,000 people die from work-related causes each year, with heavy social, economic, and personal costs (Safe Work Australia, 2013a ). Most die as a result of work-related disease. However, many die from trauma. In 2012, 223 workers were fatally injured in Australia and in the United States the figure was 4,383 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014 ; Safe Work Australia, 2013b ). Apart from the immediate tragedy of each worker's death, these deaths affect the victim's immediate family, wider family, friends, and co-workers. It has been estimated that, on average, every death has an impact on at least 20 other people (Dyregrov, Nordanger, & Dyregrov, 2003 ), especially when the deceased had several families, which is an increasingly common phenomenon (OECD, 2014 ). Little is known, however, about how regulatory responses following a traumatic workplace fatality meet the needs of surviving families. With a focus on the coronial investigation, this article provides information about the regulatory responses to a traumatic workplace fatality and examines how various organizations involved in the coronial process following the death viewed its ability to accommodate the needs and wishes of surviving families.
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- Lynda R Matthews
- a Ageing Work and Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences , The University of Sydney , Sydney , Australia
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- a Ageing Work and Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences , The University of Sydney , Sydney , Australia
- b Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health , The University of Newcastle , Newcastle , Australia
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- a Ageing Work and Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences , The University of Sydney , Sydney , Australia
- c School of Management , The University of New South Wales , Sydney , Australia
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- a Ageing Work and Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences , The University of Sydney , Sydney , Australia
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- a Ageing Work and Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences , The University of Sydney , Sydney , Australia
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Jantz PB, Comerchero VA, Canto AI, Pierson E. Traumatic Brain Injury and Grief: Considerations and Practical Strategies for School Psychologists. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s40688-015-0047-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Quinlan M, Fitzpatrick SJ, Matthews LR, Ngo M, Bohle P. Administering the cost of death: organisational perspectives on workers' compensation and common law claims following traumatic death at work in Australia. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PSYCHIATRY 2015; 38:8-17. [PMID: 25686790 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Quite apart from its devastating human and psychological effects, the death of a worker can have significant, life-changing effects on their families. For many affected families, workers' compensation entitlements represent the primary financial safeguard. Where the worker was self-employed, the family will generally be excluded from this remedy and have to take the more problematic option of claiming damages at common law. Despite the centrality of workers' compensation, little attention has been given to how effectively workers' compensation agencies address the needs of bereaved families or the views of other organisations involved, such as safety inspectors, unions, employers and victim advocates. Based on interviews with forty eight organisational representatives in five Australian states, this study examines how workers' compensation regimes deal with work-related death from the perspective of those organisations involved directly or indirectly in the process. The study highlighted a number of problems, including the exclusion of self-employed workers and dealing with 'mixed families'.
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- Michael Quinlan
- School of Management, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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- Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Kulkarni P, Kulkarni P, Anavkar V, Ghooi R. Preference of the place of death among people of pune. Indian J Palliat Care 2014; 20:101-6. [PMID: 25125864 PMCID: PMC4129995 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.132620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Aim: Provision of end-of-life care requires that we have adequate information about the preferred place of death in the population. Since no such study is reported in India, this study was taken up in and around Pune, a large cosmopolitan city. Setting and Design: A questionnaire was designed in three parts and distributed among the people above the age of 18 in and around Pune. Materials and Methods: The questionnaire had three parts the first being a consent form, followed by one for collection of personal information and lastly questions specific to the subject matter. Filled forms were screened for inconsistencies, gaps of information and errors. Results: The population survey was mixed, both urban and rural, men and women, educated and uneducated, young and old. Despite this heterogeneity, the results were consistent to the point that most of the people surveyed preferred home as the place of death. This preference cuts across all barriers, the only difference being that women had a stronger preference for home death compared to men. Conclusions: Helping people to die at their preferred place is a part of end-of-life care. Majority of people surveyed by us, prefer to die at home, where they are relatively more comfortable. Public and governmental policies should be directed toward facilitating home deaths.
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- Priyadarshini Kulkarni
- Departments of Research and Training, Cipla Palliative Care and Training Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Departments of Research and Training, Cipla Palliative Care and Training Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Departments of Research and Training, Cipla Palliative Care and Training Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Departments of Research and Training, Cipla Palliative Care and Training Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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