How healthcare providers’ own death anxiety influences their communication with patients in end-of-life care: A thematic analysis
Journal article
Authors | Clare, Emma, Elander, James and Baraniak, Amy |
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Abstract | Healthcare providers’ own death anxiety can influence end-of-life communication. We interviewed nine palliative care health providers about their experiences of providing end-of-life care. Participants also completed the Revised Death Anxiety Scale. A thematic analysis of the interview transcripts identified one theme labelled ‘avoidant coping’ and another labelled ‘death anxiety awareness’, which are presented in the context of the participants’ own Revised Death Anxiety Scale scores. The findings show that avoidant death anxiety coping can compromise end-of-life communication, but that greater awareness of death anxiety can help overcome avoidant coping. The findings can inform potential improvements in healthcare practice and training. |
Keywords | Death anxiety; End-of-life care; Palliative care; Patient-practitioner communication; Thematic analysis |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Death Studies |
Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
ISSN | 0748-1187 |
1091-7683 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1837297 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625343 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/625343 | |
Publication dates | 27 Oct 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 06 Nov 2020, 10:53 |
Accepted | 05 Oct 2020 |
Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International |
Contributors | University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/95495/how-healthcare-providers-own-death-anxiety-influences-their-communication-with-patients-in-end-of-life-care-a-thematic-analysis
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