road traffic accidents (rta) are one of the most important causes of death and disability all over the world. in developing countries the problem is more complicated. based on the estimation by unicef, rate of rta in iran is 20 times more than world’s average. in iran among all unintentional fatal injuries inflicted on children under five, traffic related fatalities are the leading cause of dea...

BACKGROUND Decomposition of socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy by ages and causes allow us to better understand the nature of socioeconomic mortality inequalities and to suggest priority areas for policy and intervention. This study aimed to quantify age- and cause-specific contributions to socioeconomic differences in life expectancy at age 25 by educational level among South Korean...

Introduction: Death anxiety is one of the main elements in mental health in older adults. Objective: This study aimed to determine the effects of improving emotional intelligence on death anxiety in older adults in Kashan City, Iran. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was carried out on 60 older adults referred to health clinics in Kashan City, Iran, in 2019. The participant...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to explore the impacts of individual and environmental socioeconomic status (SES) on the outcome of peritoneal dialysis (PD) in regions with significant SES disparity, through a retrospective multicenter cohort in China. METHODS Overall, 2,171 incident patients from seven PD centers were included. Individual SES was evaluated from yearly household income per person and edu...

An investigation was done to assess for and describe the end-of-life education provided in Canadian nursing programs to prepare students for practice. All 35 university nursing schools/faculties were surveyed in 2004; 29 (82.9%) responded. At that time, all but one routinely provided this education, with that school developing a course (implemented the next year). As compared to past surveys, t...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that people bereaved by suicide are less likely to receive formal or informal support than people bereaved by other causes of sudden death. DESIGN National cross-sectional study. SETTING Adults working or studying at any UK higher education institution (HEI) in 2010. PARTICIPANTS A total of 3432 eligible respondents aged 18-40 years bereaved by the sudden ...

" Every philosophy is under the illusion that it has no illusions because it has discovered the illusions of its predecessors. " —Reinhold Niebuhr (1938) " The only ground for anticipating failure in taking this path resides to my mind in the danger that experience and the experimental method will not be adequately conceived. " —John Dewey (1938)

The aim of this study was to assess attitude towards euthanasia, and the influence of socio-demographic data and death education carried out through the "Rijeka model" of bioethics education for the first-year medical students of the School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia. The cross-sectional study was conducted in the academic year 20031 2004. 124 (61% female) participants were surv...

Ölüm döşeği, farklı rolde ve statüde olan kişilerin dâhil olduğu bir toplumsal süreçtir. Bu sürece; aile bireyleri, akrabalar, ziyarette bulunanlar, din görevlileri gibi birçok kişi aktif şekilde dâhildir. Zira bu süreç değerin dinsel faaliyetin ortaya çıktığı alan da üretmektedir. Modern öncesi toplumlarda ölüm, hayatın doğal parçası olarak kabul edilmekte iken modern toplumda ise ölüme meydan...