Table 2 Nurses’ attitudes & coping strategies concerning death and caring for dying patients
Themes | Personal dimension | Professional dimension |
|---|---|---|
Attitudes | Death avoidance in daily life | Death as an unavoidable part of nursing work |
Death as a horrible, frightening event | Death as a natural part of life | |
Prolonging life at all costs | Death with dignity | |
Strategies | Drawing a boundary between personal and professional life | |
Embedding traditional cultural values into everyday nursing practice | ||
Constructing positive meanings for end-of-life care | ||