Religious Coping and Mental Health Outcomes in Family Members Making DNR Decisions
The current study contributes to the understanding of the role of religious coping (RC) for family members under the emotionally challenging circumstance of having to make do-not-resuscitate (DNR) decisions for loved ones in the hospital. RC is the method(s) or pattern(s) of religious behaviors and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2006
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| In: |
Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2006, Volume: 16, Pages: 221-243 |
| Further subjects: | B
Social sciences
B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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| Summary: | The current study contributes to the understanding of the role of religious coping (RC) for family members under the emotionally challenging circumstance of having to make do-not-resuscitate (DNR) decisions for loved ones in the hospital. RC is the method(s) or pattern(s) of religious behaviors and cognitions that individuals use in difficult life situations. A DNR decision determines whether or not patients receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Prior to the current study, only 2 studies had considered the RC and mental health of family members making DNR decisions. Participants (N = 80) were recruited through the internal medicine inpatient service of Saint Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan. Family members were interviewed within 24 days of having made a DNR decision. Participants who used a positive RC pattern or whose loved ones had advance directives experienced higher levels of well-being, while participants who used a negative RC pattern experienced higher levels of stress. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789047417675_016 |