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| Title |
Four aspects of self-image close to death at home
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| Published in |
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, April 2011
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| DOI | 10.3402/qhw.v6i2.5931 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ida Carlander, Britt-Marie Ternestedt, Eva Sahlberg-Blom, Ingrid Hellström, Jonas Sandberg |
| Abstract |
Living close to death means an inevitable confrontation with one's own existential limitation. In this article, we argue that everyday life close to death embodies an identity work in progress. We used a narrative approach and a holistic-content reading to analyze 12 interviews conducted with three persons close to death. By illuminating the unique stories and identifying patterns among the participants' narratives, we found four themes exemplifying important aspects of the identity work related to everyday life close to death. Two of the themes, named "Inside and outside of me" and "Searching for togetherness," represented the core of the self-image and were framed by the other themes, "My place in space" and "My death and my time." Our findings elucidate the way the individual stories moved between the past, the present, and the future. This study challenges the idea that everyday life close to impending death primarily means limitations. The findings show that the search for meaning, new knowledge, and community can form a part of a conscious and ongoing identity work close to death. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 33 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 32 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 24% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 9% |
| Researcher | 3 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 21% |
| Unknown | 6 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 12% |
| Psychology | 4 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 12% |
| Unknown | 8 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 April 2011.
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