Religion and Spirituality in Surrogate Decision Making for Hospitalized Older Adults

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dc.contributor.authorGeros-Willfond, Kristin N.
dc.contributor.authorIvy, Steven S.
dc.contributor.authorMontz, Kianna
dc.contributor.authorBohan, Sara E.
dc.contributor.authorTorke, Alexia M.
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-26T15:58:17Z
dc.date.available2017-10-26T15:58:17Z
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.description.abstractWe conducted semi-structured interviews with 46 surrogate decision makers for hospitalized older adults to characterize the role of spirituality and religion in decision making. Three themes emerged: (1) religion as a guide to decision making, (2) control, and (3) faith, death and dying. For religious surrogates, religion played a central role in end of life decisions. There was variability regarding whether God or humans were perceived to be in control; however, beliefs about control led to varying perspectives on acceptance of comfort-focused treatment. We conclude that clinicians should attend to religious considerations due to their impact on decision making.en_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.citationGeros, K. N., Ivy, S. S., Montz, K., Bohan, S. E., & Torke, A. M. (2016). Religion and Spirituality in Surrogate Decision Making for Hospitalized Older Adults. Journal of Religion and Health, 55(3), 765–777. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-015-0111-9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/14374
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1007/s10943-015-0111-9en_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Religion and Healthen_US
dc.rightsPublisher Policyen_US
dc.sourcePMCen_US
dc.subjectProxyen_US
dc.subjectSurrogate decision makingen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectSpiritualityen_US
dc.titleReligion and Spirituality in Surrogate Decision Making for Hospitalized Older Adultsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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