Citation

Wilson DM, Fillion L, Thomas R, Justice C, Veillette AM, Bhardwaj P. Rev. Neurosci. 2009; 20(3-4): 313-319.

Affiliation

Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 2G3, Canada. donna.wilson@ualberta.ca

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Freund Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20158002

Abstract

Little is known about what constitutes a good death, although palliative care is broadly aimed at enabling the good death. Good deaths could vary considerably across populations. A two-stage ethnographic study was conducted in rural Canada, involving English-speaking Albertans and French-Canadians in Quebec, to establish a conceptual understanding of the good death from a rural perspective. This study identified four common bicultural elements, as well as a conceptual model focusing on quality of life through four dimensions: physical, spiritual, social, and emotional/psychological. Rurality was identified as a dominant consideration for further study.

Language: en