Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://t2-4.bsc.es/jspui/handle/123456789/66212| Title: | Life Before Death, 1987 |
| Keywords: | ACCIDENTS ADVICE AGE ANXIETY ATTITUDES BUILDING MAINTENANCE CANCER CARE IN THE COMMUNITY CARE OF DEPENDANTS CARE OF THE DISABLED CARE OF THE ELDERLY CAUSES OF DEATH CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS CHEMOTHERAPY CHILDREN CLEANING COOKING COSTS DAY CARE BEREAVEMENT DEPRESSION DISABLED PERSONS DISEASES DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DOMESTIC APPLIANCES DOMESTIC SERVICES DRUG USE EMOTIONAL STATES FACILITIES FAMILY MEMBERS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FRIENDS GENDER GENERAL PRACTITIONERS HEALTH HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH VISITORS HEARING IMPAIRMENTS HEATING SYSTEMS HOME HELP HOME OWNERSHIP HOME VISITS HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITAL BED PROVISION HOSPITAL DISCHARGES HOSPITAL SERVICES HOSPITAL VISITING HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEWORK HOUSING HOUSING FACILITIES HOUSING TENURE IMMORTALITY INFORMATION INFORMATION NEEDS INFORMATION SOURCES INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS KNOWLEDGE (AWARENESS) LAUNDRIES MARITAL STATUS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL SPECIALISTS MEDICINE EDUCATION MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIPS MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS MEDICAL TRAINING MINISTERS OF RELIGION MOTOR PROCESSES NURSES NURSING CARE HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES PAIN PAIN CONTROL PATIENTS PERSONAL CONTACT PERSONAL HYGIENE PHYSICIANS PHYSIOTHERAPY PLACE OF BIRTH PRIVATE SECTOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATIONS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY OF LIFE RADIOTHERAPY RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION RELIGIOUS SERVICES RENTED ACCOMMODATION RESIDENTIAL CARE OF THE ELDERLY RESIDENTIAL CARE OF THE SICK RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY RESIDENTS OF INSTITUTIONS ROOM SHARING SATISFACTION SHELTERED HOUSING SHOPPING SHOPS SIBLINGS SICK PERSONS SOCIAL HOUSING LONELINESS SOCIAL LIFE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS STAIRS STRESS (PSYCHOLOGICAL) SURGERY SYMPTOMS TELEPHONES TERMINALLY ILL TRANSPORT TRAVELLING TIME URINARY INCONTINENCE VISION IMPAIRMENTS VISITS (PERSONAL) 1986-1987 England |
| Description: | <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P> 1. To describe the last year in the lives of a random sample of adults dying in 1987.<br> 2. To make comparisons with an earlier study* and identify change in the nature and availability of care and in the attitudes and expectations of lay and professional carers.<br> 3. To make some assessment of the influence of the hospice movement on these changes.<br> 4. To describe in more detail than the previous 1969 study, the institutional care of people in the year preceeding their death.<br> 5. To determine the experience and views of the doctors and nurses involved in the care of these people in the last year of their lives.<br> 6. To describe the care and support given to close relatives both after and before the death.<br> *An earlier study <i>Life Before Death, 1969</i> is held at the Data Archive as Study No. 393. <B>Main Topics</B>:<BR> Methodological issues in studying life before death; the roles of professionals, hospitals, hospices, residential and nursing homes, and day centres in caring for the dying; the balance of care; hospice deaths and cancer deaths; experiences of those who died and those who cared for them; changes since 1969.<br> Characteristics of the general practitioners were obtained from DHSS data. |
| URI: | https://t2-4.bsc.es/jspui/handle/123456789/66212 |
| Other Identifiers: | 10.5255/UKDA-SN-2985-1 2985 http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-2985-1 |
| Appears in Collections: | Cessda |
Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.