Bereavement and the Oregon Death with Dignity Act: How does assisted death impact grief?

This qualitative study explores bereavement experiences with an assisted death. Thematic analysis of data from interviews with 22 people who had a family member die under Oregon's Death with Dignity Act revealed the following five themes: (a) general grief reactions, (b) anticipating the death,...

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Published inDeath studies Vol. 43; no. 10; pp. 647 - 655
Main Author Srinivasan, E. G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Routledge 26.11.2019
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Assisted suicide
Attitude to Computers
Attitude to Death
Bereavement
Euthanasia
Female
Grief
Health technology assessment
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Oregon
Qualitative Research
Right to Die
Self-Control
Suicide, Assisted - psychology
Oregon
United States > US
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Summary:This qualitative study explores bereavement experiences with an assisted death. Thematic analysis of data from interviews with 22 people who had a family member die under Oregon's Death with Dignity Act revealed the following five themes: (a) general grief reactions, (b) anticipating the death, (c) sense of control, (d) level of agreement with assisted death, and (e) grief expression and stigma. Grief from an assisted death is a varied experience, including aspects that are unique to this mode of death, and aspects that can both ease and bring challenges to the grieving process.
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ISSN:0748-1187
1091-7683
DOI:10.1080/07481187.2018.1511636