Publications by authors named "C Tishelman"
Developing and evaluating Compassionate Workplace Programs to promote health and wellbeing around serious illness, dying and loss in the workplace (EU-CoWork): a transdisciplinary, cross-national research project.
Palliat Care Soc Pract
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- Most employees face serious health issues, caregiving, or loss during their careers, affecting not just them but also their colleagues and overall workplace productivity.
- The EU-CoWork project aims to foster Compassionate Workplace cultures and evaluate programs to support employees experiencing end-of-life (EoL) challenges across four European countries.
- Using a Developmental Evaluation approach and a mixed-methods Realist Evaluation methodology, the project seeks to generate evidence that addresses occupational health and safety in relation to EoL experiences while managing various challenges in the process.
The death literacy index (DLI) was developed in Australia to measure death literacy, a set of experience-based knowledge needed to understand and act on end-of-life (EOL) care options but has not yet been validated outside its original context. The aim of this study was to develop a culturally adapted Swedish-language version of the DLI, the DLI-S, and assess sources of evidence for its validity in a Swedish context. The study involved a multi-step process of translation and cultural adaptation and two validation phases: examining first content and response process validity through expert review (n = 10) and cognitive interviews (n = 10); and second, internal structure validity of DLI-S data collected from an online cross-sectional survey (n = 503).
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- The study investigates the concept of death literacy, which encompasses the knowledge and skills necessary for handling end-of-life situations, and seeks to identify factors influencing it.
- A survey was conducted with 503 Swedish adults to analyze the relationship between death literacy and various sociodemographic, health, and experiential factors.
- Results show that sociodemographic factors, professional care experience, and personal experiences related to caring for the dying significantly contributed to explaining variances in death literacy, indicating a need for further exploration of additional influencing factors.
The purpose of this study was to describe policies developed by English-speaking Canadian health authorities to guide multi-disciplinary healthcare practice in the context of MAID. Seventeen policies from 9 provinces and 3 territories were identified and analyzed thematically. Themes developed from these documents related to ensuring a team approach to care, supporting informed patient choice, creating region-specific guidance on eligibility criteria and safeguards, accommodating conscientious objection, and making explicit organizational responsibilities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Public health tools like the Go Wish card game from the US, have been found useful to support people in reflecting on their end-of-life preferences, but a cultural adaptation is essential for their success. In the present study, we explore the necessary cultural adaptations to the Go Wish cards by applying an extensive, systematic, and community-engaging negotiating procedure to facilitate the use of the cards in the general population of Flanders, Belgium.
Methods: We used an iterative cultural adaptation process with repeated discussions with various community organizations and representatives of minority and religious groups.