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Religion and Spirituality in Surrogate Decision Making for Hospitalized Older Adults.

Kristin N Geros-Willfond¹, Steven S Ivy^2,3, Kianna Montz⁴, Sara E Bohan⁵, Alexia M Torke^6,7,8,9.

Abstract

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.

Entities: Disease Gene Species

Keywords: Proxy; Religion; Spirituality; Surrogate decision making

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Year: 2016 PMID： 26337437 PMCID： PMC4779068 DOI： 10.1007/s10943-015-0111-9

Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Relig Health ISSN： 0022-4197

31 in total

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Authors: M K Giacomini; D J Cook
Journal: JAMA Date: 2000-07-19 Impact factor: 56.272

Religion and Spirituality in Surrogate Decision Making for Hospitalized Older Adults.

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2. Factors associated with long-term institutionalization of older people with dementia: data from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.

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