Dying is never beautiful, but there are beautiful moments: qualitative interviews with those affected on the subject of 'good dying'.
The concept of the good death has been widely considered. However, the perspectives of those affected have not received sufficient attention. In our empirical study, we conducted interviews with 32 people who were confronted with dying; these people were either terminally ill, elderly or else were b...
| Publicado en: | Mortality Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 543 - 562 |
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Nov2023
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