Abstract
Approximately 1.56 million patients received hospice care in 2009, and 243,000 individuals were discharged alive (NHPCO, 2010). There is a paucity of research describing the experiences of individuals discharged from hospice alive. The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of adult individuals with a life-limiting condition who were discharged from a hospice program due to decertification related to ineligibility or extended prognosis from the perspective of the individual and his or her adult family members. The study's research questions were: (a) how do participants perceive and describe the experience of being discharged alive from hospice, and (b) how do participants perceive and describe their quality of life after a live hospice discharge? A transcendental phenomenological design guided this study (Moustakas, 1994).
Notes
Author's name was Rebeka Bianca Watson at the time of the dissertation.
Sigma Membership
Alpha Delta
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Phenomenology
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Family Viewpoints, Hospice Patients, Discharge from Hospice
Advisor
Diane M. Heliker
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
The University of Texas Medical Branch Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Degree Year
2011
Recommended Citation
Campbell, Rebeka Bianca, "The experience of being discharged from hospice alive as perceived by patients, their spouses, and adult children" (2020). Dissertations. 1389.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1389
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Date of Issue
2020-05-06
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3471071; ProQuest document ID: 884774875. The author still retains copyright.