Kiik R, Sirotkina R
Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Chair of Social Policy, Tartu, Estonia.
Int Nurs Rev. 2006 Jun;53(2):136-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2006.00481.x.
Death and dying tend to be taboo for much of humankind. Themes about death and life ending have not been popular in Estonia because of its cultural traditions and history.
To describe the attitudes of Estonian professionals towards death and dying and to describe some future visions of hospice service in Estonia.
The theoretical view in this work comes from hospice conception and empirical data gained from structured interviews with professionals who are connected with dying people in their everyday work.
Some ideas of the hospice conception (e.g. pain control and psychosocial support) are used in hospitals and general care centres in Estonia, but there is little respect towards dying people and their needs. The idea of interdisciplinary teamwork is not in use.
对大多数人类而言，死亡和濒死往往是禁忌话题。由于文化传统和历史原因，关于死亡和生命终结的主题在爱沙尼亚并不流行。
描述爱沙尼亚专业人士对死亡和濒死的态度，并描述爱沙尼亚临终关怀服务的一些未来愿景。
本研究的理论观点源自临终关怀理念，实证数据则来自对那些在日常工作中与濒死者有接触的专业人士进行的结构化访谈。
爱沙尼亚的医院和普通护理中心采用了一些临终关怀理念（如疼痛控制和心理社会支持），但对濒死者及其需求缺乏尊重。跨学科团队合作的理念并未得到应用。
