Divergent patterns of confrontation with death using the Anticipated Farewell to Existence Questionnaire (AFEQT): a cross-sectional comparative study of four samples with increasing proximity to death.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Based on the concept of "Daseinsverabschiedung", an anthropological theory of "Anticipated Farewell to Existence" (AFE) was suggested on the basis of six grounding dimensions: selfhood, interpersonality, temporality, corporeality, worldliness, and transcendence, which are activated in a genuine manner facing death. The purpose of the study is to quantitatively compare the extent of confrontation with death between dying people in palliative care and those in other stages of life by means of the Anticipated Farewell to Existence Questionnaire" (AFEQT), based on these dimensions.

Methods

The sample (N = 485) consists of dying individuals in palliative wards and hospices (n = 121); old people living in nursing homes not suffering from a mortal disease (n = 62); young

SUBMITTER: Valdes-Stauber J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8349498 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature