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Identification Of Factors That Influence Physician Generated Referrals To Hospice Programs, Cheryl A. Hoerner Jan 1998

Identification Of Factors That Influence Physician Generated Referrals To Hospice Programs, Cheryl A. Hoerner

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The hospice movement is just over 20 years old in this country. Hospice programs are dependent on physicians to educate and refer their terminal patients to hospice care. The purpose of this study was to identify factors which influence physicians in rural Iowa to refer terminal patients to selected hospice programs. The study involved Medicare-certified hospice programs and non-certified programs located in rural communities in Iowa. One hundred and fifty licensed physicians were randomly selected to complete a 14-item questionnaire. A total of 86 questionnaires were returned. The survey tool addressed demographic information, as well as identifying factors that influenced …


Good Grief! Coping With Death And Dying In A Hospice Situation, Pegg Warnick Jan 1993

Good Grief! Coping With Death And Dying In A Hospice Situation, Pegg Warnick

Masters Theses

The purpose of this qualitative study is to discover and examine the coping strategies concerning death and dying from the perspectives of hospice patients and hospice volunteers. A review of applicable literature, informal but structured interviews and participant observation are procedures for the study. The focus of the study lies in three areas: what are the internal attributes used to cope?; what are the external support systems used to cope? and, what are the adjustments in personal goals? Research for this study was patterned after Hegge's study (1991) who surveyed the coping strategies of the recently widowed elderly. The instruments …


Ua12/2/1 Magazine, Wku Student Affairs Apr 1988

Ua12/2/1 Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

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Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald.

  • Poore, Chris. The Jovial Judge – District Court Judge Tom Lewis
  • White, Douglas. Dealing with Death
  • White, Douglas. Hospice Eases Death Crisis
  • Albrecht, Dana. Friends Forever – short story


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 58, No. 29 Magazine, Wku Student Affairs Dec 1982

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 58, No. 29 Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special magazine issue of the College Heights Herald. This issue contains articles:

  • Mitchell, Cyndi. Being With Hospice of Bowling Green
  • Wright, Sharon. The Two Week Semester - Will It Ever End?
  • Smith, Erica. A Social Awareness - Dean Nason