End of life choices and storytelling – exploring preferences and conflicts

Spear, Sara, Tapp, Alan and Morey, Yvette (2022) End of life choices and storytelling – exploring preferences and conflicts. Storytelling, Self, Society, 17 (2). pp. 210-232. ISSN 1932-0280

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Abstract

As people are living longer, their needs for health and social care at the end of life (EoL) are increasing. People are encouraged to make choices about their EoL, but doing so is a complex process, and there is currently little research into how—and if—people engage with this. Our study investigated older people’s EoL choice making, through twenty interviews with people age 70 plus. We found that storytelling enabled people to make sense of and reflect on previous EoL experiences, and form, elaborate on, and justify their own EoL preferences. Stories also brought to the fore the inherent conflicts in making EoL choices, and emphasized that in reality choices for many are limited.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	care, death, dying, end of life, storytelling
Faculty:	Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine & Social Care
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic User
Depositing User:	Symplectic User
Date Deposited:	19 Jul 2021 11:17
Last Modified:	31 Aug 2022 15:20
URI:	https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/706723

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