title: Death metaphors in Korean undergraduate nursing students.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to understand the meaning of death metaphors seen by 133 undergraduate nursing students through open questionnaires and collage artworks, using qualitative content analysis in Korea. The 4 themes emerged: "rest-physical," "fear-psychological," "separating-social," and "new life-spiritual."
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Kae-Hwa
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Gyeong-Ju
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: An
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003643:Death; D005260:Female; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019365:Metaphor; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult