Category Ranking
98%
Total Visits
921
Avg Visit Duration
2 minutes
Citations
20
Article Abstract
Background: Public attitudes are important in shaping public policy and the political will that determines future service provision. They also help to identify priorities for public education. This paper presents a review and synthesis of published literature on public attitudes to death and dying in the UK from 1990.
Method: The approach to the review was systematic and involved searching for published research in five databases combined with reviewing references proposed by experts in the field and following up relevant citations from identified sources. The selected sources were assessed by the review team and analysed using a thematic approach.
Results: The review identified 22 sources reporting 19 studies which met our criteria for inclusion in the descriptive analysis. Three descriptive themes were identified: preferences relating to death and dying, attitudes to euthanasia and attitudes to life-sustaining treatments and interventions.
Conclusion: The review outcomes challenge widespread assumptions about public attitudes to death and dying and identify the need for more rigorous work to better understand public views on dying and death. Such work is needed if public health services are to meet the expectations and reflect the wishes of individuals in this area in future.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000203 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Increasing Awareness and Early Detection of Common Skin Diseases in Indonesia Through an mHealth App: Protocol for an Awareness and Acceptability Study and Randomized Controlled Trial.
JMIR Res Protoc
September 2025
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Background: Various media are used to enhance public understanding about diseases. While mobile health apps are widely used, there is little proof for using such apps to raise awareness of skin diseases.
Objective: We intend to develop an app, called DEDIKASI-app, to raise awareness of skin diseases, including leprosy.
Patient and Physician Perceptions of Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing Among Black Individuals.
JAMA Netw Open
September 2025
Department of Urology, Center for Health Outcomes Research and Dissemination, University of Washington, Seattle.
Importance: Black individuals have a twofold higher rate of prostate cancer death in the US compared with the average population with prostate cancer. Few guidelines support race-conscious screening practices among at-risk Black individuals.
Objective: To examine structural factors that facilitate or impede access to prostate cancer screening among Black individuals in the US.
Men in the Movement: A Gender Equality Intervention for Young Men of Color in Louisiana.
Soc Work Public Health
September 2025
Strategic Partnerships - Louisiana, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Houston, Texas, USA.
Engaging men as advocates and change agents is a critical mechanism to challenge and reform the social and political factors that impact women's sexual and reproductive health. While there is a growing body of evidence that well-designed interventions can increase males' gender-equitable attitudes and behaviors regarding sexual and reproductive health, most studies focus on men as partners. This paper describes the development and implementation of Men in the Movement, an intervention that provides a safe space for young men of color in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana, to consider a gender-equitable future of manhood, discuss issues that are important to them, and to empower them to become advocates and leaders in their communities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA decade of research on genetic privacy: the findings of the GetPreCiSe Center at Vanderbilt University.
Front Genet
August 2025
Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Research carried out by Vanderbilt University's and Medical Center's federally-funded transdisciplinary, highly interactive GetPreCiSe Center in Excellence for ELSI research on genomic privacy-involving over 40 scholars across computer and social sciences, law, and the humanities-is summarized by dividing the work into five categories: (1) the nature of risks posed by collection of genetic data; (2) legal and scientific methods of minimizing those risks; (3) methods of safely increasing the scope of genetic databases; (4) public perceptions of genetic privacy; and (5) cultural depictions of genetic privacy. While this research shows that the risk of unauthorized re-identification is often over-stated, it also identifies possible ways privacy can be compromised. Several technical and legal methods for reducing privacy risks are described, most of which focus not on collection of the data, but rather on regulating data security, access, and use once it is collected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStakeholder Perspectives on Acceptability of Implementing a Child Mental Health Intervention in Child Welfare Services: A Pilot Study.
J Public Child Welf
June 2025
City University of New York, Hunter College, United States.
This pilot study sought to examine the acceptability of implementing a modified behavioral parent training program, the 4Rs and 2Ss intervention, within a Child Welfare (CW) placement prevention service. CW staff (=12; caseplanners (=6), supervisors (=4), and administrators (=2)) and CW-involved families (=12) completed surveys which were followed by semi-structured interviews and a focus group to explore the acceptability of implementing the modified 4Rs and 2Ss in the CW setting. All quantitative benchmarks for high acceptability were met (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF