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Living, loving, dying: Insights into rural compassion
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Marsh, P and Thompson, Stephanie and Mond, J, Living, loving, dying: Insights into rural compassion, Australian Journal of Rural Health pp. 1-8. ISSN 1038-5282 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Objective: To improve understandings of the enablers and barriers to maintaining good quality of life for people dying, caring and grieving in rural areas.
Design and setting: In‐depth interviews designed on participatory research principles were held with bereaved carers living in a small community in rural Tasmania. Participants had cared for someone until their death within the 3‐year period prior.
Participants: Nineteen participants comprising 18 bereaved former carers and one person with a life‐limiting illness, and all but four were over retirement age.
Study aim: To explore experiences of end‐of‐life care in a rural community.
Results: Participants discussed the challenges they experienced during end‐of‐life caring, including transport into the city for treatment, and access to basic and specialised services. However, they also reported positive aspects of formal and informal palliative care, and described experiences of personable, expert, flexible and innovative caregiving.
Conclusions: The rural location enabled personalised and innovative expressions of care. This research adds new insight into rural end‐of‐life palliation, as a complex intersection of supererogation, innovation and place‐driven care.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | bereavement, compassion, end‐of‐life care, health promoting palliative care, palliative care, end-of-life; grief, community, rural health |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Primary health care |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Evaluation of health and support services |
Objective Field: | Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Marsh, P (Dr Pauline Marsh) |
UTAS Author: | Thompson, Stephanie (Dr Stephanie Thompson) |
UTAS Author: | Mond, J (Dr Jon Mond) |
ID Code: | 133454 |
Year Published: | 2019 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 4 |
Deposited By: | UTAS Centre for Rural Health |
Deposited On: | 2019-06-27 |
Last Modified: | 2021-01-04 |
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