title: Opinions of Social Workers in Turkey About the Principles on Die with Dignity.
abstract: The conditions how people will spend their very last moments are an increasingly debated topic in Turkey. This study is planned to learn the opinions of Social Workers in Turkey on "Principles of a good death." The results of this study reveal that social workers in Turkey agree with principles of a good death in general. The degree of support for some specific principles changes by the sex and age of the participants. Despite the significant support given to principles by social workers, majority of them do not think that these principles are currently followed in medical and care institutions in Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara University, Şükriye Mahallesi Plevne Cad. No: 5, 06340, Altındağ, Ankara, Turkey. vduyan@health.ankara.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Veli
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Duyan
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara University, Şükriye Mahallesi Plevne Cad. No: 5, 06340, Altındağ, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayşe Sezen
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Serpen
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, School of Health, Turgut Özal University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gülsüm
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duyan
authors.affiliation: T.C. Başbakanlık Yurtdışı Türkler ve Akraba Topluluklar Başkanlığı, Oğuzlar Mahallesi, Mevlana Bulvarı, No: 145, 06520, Balgat, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sutay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yavuz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012297:Right to Die; D000068217:Social Workers / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Death; Dying with dignity; Social worker; Turkey