La Belle Mort en Milieu Rural: a report of an ethnographic study of the good death for Quebec rural francophones.
An ethnographic study was undertaken in two rural areas of Quebec to conceptualize the good death. The findings reveal that a good quality of life for the dying person and his or her family and friends is essential for a good death. The resulting conceptual model emphasized four dimensions: physical, spiritual, social, and emotiona/psychological. These dimensions were determined to be similar to those discovered through a previous urban study, indicating that there may be considerable overlap between good deaths in rural and urban areas. Some findings of this Quebec French-language rural study were similar to those of an Alberta English-language rural study, indicating that rural people may have some common needs and interests with regard to the good death. As such, there could be some common elements of the good death that transcend culture or ethnicity. Chief among these is the desire of rural people to die at home or in their home communities.
Centre de recherche de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 9 McMahon Street, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada G1R 2J6. anne-marie.veillette@crhdq.chuq.qc.ca
Anne-Marie
AM
Veillette
Lise
L
Fillion
Donna M
DM
Wilson
Roger
R
Thomas
Serge
S
Dumont
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D001293:Attitude to Death / Q000208:ethnology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D054521:Cultural Competency; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011792:Quebec; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*