ArticleAnnual review of sociology2019
Well-Being at the End of Life.
Article in Annual review of sociology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Personality traits and end-of-life planning in older adults: insights from a population-based survey.European journal of ageing · 2026Article
- The Influence of Spirituality in the Care of Patients with Advanced Chronic Illnesses and at the End of Life: An Integrative Review.Journal of religion and health · 2026Review
- End-of-Life Planning in Aging Same-Sex and Different-Sex Married Couples.Research on aging · 2026Article
- Black and White older adults' end-of-life experiences: does hospice use mitigate racial disparities?The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Social relationships and end-of-life quality among older adults in the United States: the impacts of marital, kinship, and network ties.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- The new sociology of bereavement.Annual review of sociology · 2025Article
- Treating pathological metastatic fractures of the humerus by compound osteosynthesis: a retrospective cohort study.JSES international · 2024Article
- Mortality risk following end-of-life caregiving: A population-based analysis of hospice users and their families.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
- End-of-Life Experiences Among "Kinless" Older Adults: A Nationwide Register-Based Study.Journal of palliative medicine · 2023Article
- Why Definitional Clarity Matters: Implications for the Operationalization of Emotional Well-Being.Affective science · 2023Article
- When Patients Make Unexpected Medical Choices.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2023Article
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- Sociological contributions to race and health: Diversifying the ontological and methodological agenda.Sociology of health & illness · 2021Review
- How End-of-Life Blogs Re-Affirm the "Power to be Oneself".Frontiers in sociology · 2021Article
- On Old Age: A Relational Account of Agency and Meaning in Later Life.The Hastings Center reportArticle
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Abstract
This review proposes that the end of life is a uniquely contemporary life course stage. Epidemiologic, technological, and cultural shifts over the past two centuries have created a context in which dying has shifted from a sudden and unexpected event to a protracted, anticipated transition following an incurable chronic illness. The emergence of an end-of-life stage lasting for months or even years has heightened public interest in enhancing patient well-being, autonomy, and the receipt of medical care that accords with patient and family members' wishes. We describe key components of end-of-life well-being and highlight socioeconomic and race disparities therein, drawing on fundamental cause theory. We describe two practices that are critical to end-of-life well-being (advance care planning and hospice) and identify limitations that may undermine their effectiveness. We conclude with recommendations for future sociological research that could inform practices to enhance patient and family well-being at the end of life.
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