Knowledge and attitudes of hospice and palliative care professionals toward diversity and religious literacy in Cyprus: A cross-sectional study
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Pentaris, Panagiotis and Christodoulou, Panayiota. 2021. Knowledge and attitudes of hospice and palliative care professionals toward diversity and religious literacy in Cyprus: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 24(2), pp. 233-239. ISSN 1096-6218 [Article]
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Background: This study is the first to document knowledge-base and knowledge attitudes about cultural competence and religious literacy in hospice and palliative care in Cyprus.
Objective: The aim of this article is to investigate and document the knowledge-base and attitudes toward advancing knowledge and expertise of hospice and palliative care professionals in Cyprus.
Measurements: A cross-sectional self-administered online survey, which reached 80 hospice and palliative care professionals employed in the sector, was used. The response rate was 64%, which increases the generalizability of the results. Forty-one surveys were completed fully and included in the study. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Frederick University in Cyprus (EEBK EP 2019.01.28).
Results: This study shows that self-awareness, reflexivity, and respect toward the other and other people's culture and religion are associated with the current knowledge-base of the professionals, as well as attitudes toward future learning opportunities, lifelong learning, and initiating learning between professionals and agencies. The results present three themes: knowledge development, knowledge empowerment, and knowledge exchange.
Conclusions: Professionals and organizations need to nurture and promote lifelong learning, supervision, and enable individual practitioners to engage with activities that will enhance their self-awareness, reflexivity, and attitude toward the unique identities of others.
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"This is the accepted version of the following article: Pentaris, Panagiotis and Christodoulou, Panayiota. 2021. Knowledge and attitudes of hospice and palliative care professionals toward diversity and religious literacy in Cyprus: A cross-sectional study, which has now been formally published in final form at Journal of Palliative Medicine, 24(2), pp. 233-239 at https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2020.0011. This original submission version of the article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers’ self-archiving terms and conditions." |
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hospice care; palliative care; Cyprus; culture; religious literacy |
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Social, Therapeutic & Community Engagement (STaCS) |
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10 Oct 2022 10:23 |
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10 Jul 2024 09:53 |
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Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed. |
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