Attitude to Death

"Attitude to Death" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Conceptual response of the person to the various aspects of death, which are based on individual psychosocial and cultural experience.

Descriptor ID

D001293

MeSH Number(s)

F01.100.125

N05.300.125

Concept/Terms

Attitude to Death

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Attitude to Death".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Attitude [F01.100]
Attitude to Death [F01.100.125]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Attitude to Death [N05.300.125]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Attitude to Death".

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Attitude to Death" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Attitude to Death" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 250 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2008 and 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1991	0	1	1
1992	0	1	1
1993	0	1	1
1994	0	2	2
1995	0	1	1
1996	0	1	1
1997	1	2	3
1998	2	2	4
1999	2	3	5
2000	7	3	10
2001	2	6	8
2002	9	2	11
2003	7	5	12
2004	7	3	10
2005	7	7	14
2006	4	4	8
2007	3	8	11
2008	9	9	18
2009	9	3	12
2010	6	12	18
2011	4	4	8
2012	6	5	11
2013	4	0	4
2014	7	4	11
2015	7	6	13
2016	7	4	11
2017	8	4	12
2018	3	8	11
2019	4	7	11
2020	3	4	7

Below are the most recent publications written about "Attitude to Death" by people in Profiles.

Levoy K, Tarbi EC, De Santis JP. End-of-life decision making in the context of chronic life-limiting disease: a concept analysis and conceptual model. Nurs Outlook. 2020 Nov - Dec; 68(6):784-807.

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Helton G, Wolfe J, Snaman JM. Definitely Mixed Feelings: The Effect of COVID-19 on Bereavement in Parents of Children Who Died of Cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Nov; 60(5):e15-e20.

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Bui N, Halifax E, David D, Hunt L, Uy E, Ritchie C, Stephens C. Original Research: Understanding Nursing Home Staff Attitudes Toward Death and Dying: A Survey. Am J Nurs. 2020 08; 120(8):24-31.

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Truog RD. Defining Death: Lessons From the Case of Jahi McMath. Pediatrics. 2020 08; 146(Suppl 1):S75-S80.

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Maley JH, Landon BE, Stevens JP. Regional Variation in Use of End-of-Life Care at Hospitals, Intensive Care Units, and Hospices Among Older Adults With Chronic Illness in the US, 2010 to 2016. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 07 01; 3(7):e2010810.

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Ishikawa RZ. I may never see the ocean again: Loss and grief among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychol Trauma. 2020 Aug; 12(S1):S85-S86.

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DuBay D, Morinelli T, Redden D, Rodrigue J, Ivankova N, Herbey I, Holt C, Siminoff L, Fouad M, Su Z, Martin M. A Video Intervention to Increase Organ Donor Registration at the Department of Motorized Vehicles. Transplantation. 2020 04; 104(4):788-794.

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Wiener L, Tager J, Mack J, Battles H, Bedoya SZ, Gerhardt CA. Helping parents prepare for their child's end of life: A retrospective survey of cancer-bereaved parents. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 02; 67(2):e27993.

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Mack JW, Cronin AM, Uno H, Shusterman S, Twist CJ, Bagatell R, Rosenberg A, Marachelian A, Granger MM, Glade Bender J, Baker JN, Park J, Cohn SL, Levine A, Taddei S, Diller LR. Unrealistic parental expectations for cure in poor-prognosis childhood cancer. Cancer. 2020 01 15; 126(2):416-424.

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Morris S, Fletcher K, Goldstein R. The Grief of Parents After the Death of a Young Child. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2019 09; 26(3):321-338.

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