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01-02-2021 | Care | Original Paper

Nursing Students’ Spiritual Orientations and Their Attitudes Toward the Principles of Dying with Dignity: A Sample from Turkey

Author: Şengül Üzen Cura

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

Nurses’ attitudes toward spiritual care and death are influenced by their personal belief systems and world-views. The aim of this study is to reveal the attitudes of nursing students toward spiritual orientation and principles of dying with dignity. The study was conducted with the participation of 478 nursing students. As a result of the study, it was found that the average score of the students’ spiritual orientation scale was high and the average score of the assessment scale of attitudes toward the principles of dying with dignity was found to be moderate.

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Title: Nursing Students’ Spiritual Orientations and Their Attitudes Toward the Principles of Dying with Dignity: A Sample from Turkey
Author: Şengül Üzen Cura
Publication date: 01-02-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Keyword: Care
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01029-0

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