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Care and companionship in an isolating environment: inmates attending to dying peers.
J Forensic Nurs
June 2014
Author Affiliations: 1School of Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University, 2Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, 3Department of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, 4Department of Humanities, Penn State College of Medicine, and 5State College, PA.
The purpose of this study was to examine the values, beliefs, and perceptions of end-of-life (EOL) care held by inmates caring for peers approaching the end of their lives. The study is part of a broader participatory action research project to infuse enhanced EOL care into state prisons. Face-to-face interviews using a semistructured discussion guide were conducted with 17 male prisoners who were providing care for peers with advanced chronic illness and approaching end of life.
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