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The experience of living-dying in a nursing home: self-reports of black and white older adults
Author(s)	Veronica F Engle, Emily Fox-Hill, Marshall J Graney
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 9, September 1998
Pages	pp 1091-1096
Keywords	Terminal care ; Dying ; Attitude ; Needs [elderly] ; Patients [nursing homes] ; White people ; Black people ; United States of America.
Annotation	The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the experiences, needs, priorities, and concerns reported by black and white nursing home residents during the living-dying interval, defined as the time between the knowledge of one's impending death and death itself. Purposive sampling was used to identify 8 black and 5 white residents with terminal cancer. Verbatim transcripts of interviews were coded, codes were placed in categories, and a conceptual model was developed. The model identified six care needs: day-to-day living; inadequate pain relief for black residents; difficulty chewing and swallowing; importance of religious activities; giving care to others; appreciation of respectful and prompt care. Residents validated all components of the conceptual model. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-981210404 A
Classmark	LV: CX: DP: IK: LHB:LF: TKA: TKE: 7T
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