Abstract

Dying persons and their family members have needs that are notably unidentified and unmet in the United States today. This is in large part due to health professionals' being unprepared to provide end of life care that assists persons in their transition from dying to death with personal dignity and peace. Martin Heidegger's existential, interpretive phenomenology informed this study, providing the philosophical background, structures, language and metaphors to interpret narratives for patterns of being-with dying.

Author Details

Virginia L. Burton, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN

Sigma Membership

Unknown

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Phenomenology

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Being-with Dying, End of Life, End of Life Care

Advisor

Sarah A. Wilson

Second Advisor

Sandra Ramey

Third Advisor

Fr. Walter Stohrer

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Marquette University

Degree Year

2007

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2017-11-27

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