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The purpose of this study was to examine on the relation ship between meaning of death and burnout among nurses caring for patients with neurological intractable illness. Questionnaire investigation w...as carried out to thirty-five nurses working in the wards for the patients. The results were as follow: 1) There was a positive correlation between negative meaning of death such as avoidance of thinking about death and burnout such as emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. 2) There was a positive correlation between positive meaning of death such as meaningfulness of death for life or death acceptance by belief in the afterlife and personal accomplishment. These finding were discussed from the viewpoint of nursing patients with neurological intractable illness.show more
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