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Constructs and coping: physicians' responses to patient death.

G J Neimeyer, M Behnke, J Reiss

    Death Education
    |February 5, 1984
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    Physicians' personal views on death influence how they cope with patient deaths. Those with higher death anxiety may use avoidance strategies, showing fewer physical symptoms when facing patient mortality.

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    Area of Science:

    • Medical Psychology
    • Physician Well-being
    • Thanatology

    Background:

    • Physicians' personal death orientations can impact their professional responses.
    • Understanding these orientations is crucial for supporting healthcare professionals.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the link between pediatric residents' personal attitudes toward death and their reactions to patient mortality.
    • To explore how death orientations influence behavioral and psychophysiological responses in physicians.

    Main Methods:

    • Surveyed 25 pediatric residents using the Threat Index.
    • Assessed residents' responses to vignettes about personal death.
    • Correlated death orientations with behavioral and psychophysiological reactions.

    Main Results:

    • Specific death orientations were associated with distinct behavioral and psychophysiological reactions.
    • Residents with high death threat and anxiety exhibited avoidance and denial strategies.
    • These residents reported fewer psychophysiological symptoms when confronting patient death.

    Conclusions:

    • Physicians' personal death orientations significantly affect their coping mechanisms.
    • Avoidance and denial may serve as coping strategies for anxious physicians facing patient death.
    • Findings suggest implications for physician support and future research in end-of-life care training.

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