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An Exploration of Medical Providers' Understanding and Attitudes Toward Hospice Care in Binzhou, China.

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Title/Author:	An Exploration of Medical Providers' Understanding and Attitudes Toward Hospice Care in Binzhou, China./
Author:	Yu, Heshuo.
Description:	1 online resource (104 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-12, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International84-12B.
Subject:	Gerontology. -
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ISBN:	9798379607937

An Exploration of Medical Providers' Understanding and Attitudes Toward Hospice Care in Binzhou, China.
Yu, Heshuo.

An Exploration of Medical Providers' Understanding and Attitudes Toward Hospice Care in Binzhou, China. - 1 online resource (104 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-12, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Miami University, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references

Background: Although more and more Chinese cities have begun hospice services, medical providers' attitudes toward hospice are understudied in smaller cities beyond economically highly developed areas. This study aims to explore: 1) medical providers' (physicians and nurses) understanding and attitudes toward hospice care in hospitals in Binzhou; 2) physicians' and nurses' views regarding what their patients would likely think and feel about hospice; and 3) physicians' and nurses' views on the healthcare system barriers and facilitators to implementing hospice services in Binzhou. Methods: The qualitative descriptive method was implemented to explore in-depth understanding and attitudes toward hospice care among medical providers from two local hospitals in Binzhou. The study conducted semi-structured, open-ended interviews with 15 medical providers, including eight physicians and seven nurses. Results: Study findings are summarized into five major themes with corresponding sub-themes. The participants indicated: 1) age stereotypes toward hospice utilization; 2) incorporation of Chinese cultural practices; 3) regard hospice care as a basic human need; 4) experience barriers to develop hospice care; and 5) prospective facilitators to develop hospice care. Discussion: The study suggests that attitudes toward hospice care are linked to attitudes regarding age appropriateness of hospice care, whereby older people were viewed as more appropriate for hospice care than younger ones. Also important was the significance of integrating traditional Chinese elements into hospice care practice, like traditional Chinese medicine. More studies with larger samples involving various stakeholders (e.g., patients and families) need to be done to investigate unique hospice attitudes across different local healthcare systems and if age stereotypes exist in other fourth-tier cities. Policymakers are suggested to extensively develop hospice by expanding it to a broader scope beyond 3A hospitals in the long run.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798379607937Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Gerontology.
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