Combined research on regional and cultural diversity of attitudes toward death and dying in the context of hospice care

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25285150
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Shimane University
• Principal Investigator: Morooka Ryosuke 島根大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (90466516)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 相澤 出 医療法人社団爽秋会岡部医院研究所, 調査研究部, 研究員 (40712229) ; 田代 志門 国立研究開発法人国立がん研究センター, 研究支援センター, 室長 (50548550) ; 桐原 健真 金城学院大学, 文学部, 准教授 (70396414) ; 藤本 穣彦 静岡大学, グローバル改革推進機構, 准教授 (90555575)
• Research Collaborator: ITAKURA Yuki 日本学術振興会, 特別研究員 (70732353) ; KAWAHARA Masanori 医療法人社団岡部医院研究所, 診療部, 医師 (70711373)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 死生観 / 在宅ホスピス / ホスピスケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the research project, we conduct a questionnaire survey of bereaved people who had cared for a family member until their death while receiving home hospice care service. The questionnaire is designed on the base of preliminary studies including fieldwork, historical examination, and international comparison on this topic.

In the survey, responses from a total of 663 people were collected. The analysis reveals details of the anxiety and needs patients and their family have, as well as mixture of religious, economic, and social interest in their attitudes toward life and death.

Free Research Field

宗教社会学