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Knowing, planning for and fearing death: findings from adults with intellectual disabilities and disability staff
Abstract
Aim: Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) are thought to understand less about death, but no comparisons are available to adults without ID. Research involving people with ID is silent on end-oflife planning and fear of death. Method: We compared the responses of 39 adults with mild or moderate ID and 40 disability staff on experience of death, understanding the concept of death, knowledge of and self-determination about end-of-life planning, and fear of death. Results: Adults with ID (95%) and disability staff (100%) reported that they had experienced the death of other people. We found that adults with ID had a significantly poorer understanding of the concept of death, knew much less about and were less selfdetermined about end-of-life planning, but reported greater fear of death. Conclusions: The poorer understanding and lower levels of self-determination we found suggest that future research should develop and evaluate interventions to increase understanding and self-determination about end of life.
Acceptance Date | Jul 22, 2016 |
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Publication Date | Jul 22, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Journal of Intellectual Disability Research |
Print ISSN | 0964-2633 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Pages | 741 -741 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12305 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jir.12305 |
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