Religion and Spirituality in Surrogate Decision Making for Hospitalized Older Adults

We conducted semi-structured interviews with 46 surrogate decision makers for hospitalized older adults to characterize the role of spirituality and religion in decision making. Three themes emerged: (1) religion as a guide to decision making, (2) control, and (3) faith, death and dying. For religio...

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Главный автор: Geros-Willfond, Kristin N. (Автор)
Другие авторы: Ivy, Stephen S. (Другой) ; Montz, Kianna (Другой) ; Bohan, Sara E. (Другой) ; Torke, Alexia M.
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: [2016]
В: Journal of religion and health
Год: 2016, Том: 55, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 765-777
Другие ключевые слова:B Spirituality
B Proxy
B Религия (мотив)
B surrogate decision making
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Итог:We conducted semi-structured interviews with 46 surrogate decision makers for hospitalized older adults to characterize the role of spirituality and religion in decision making. Three themes emerged: (1) religion as a guide to decision making, (2) control, and (3) faith, death and dying. For religious surrogates, religion played a central role in end of life decisions. There was variability regarding whether God or humans were perceived to be in control; however, beliefs about control led to varying perspectives on acceptance of comfort-focused treatment. We conclude that clinicians should attend to religious considerations due to their impact on decision making.
ISSN:1573-6571
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-015-0111-9