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Margaret Mary O'Connor
Researcher at Monash University
Publications - 171
Citations - 2958
Margaret Mary O'Connor is an academic researcher from Monash University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Health care. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 165 publications receiving 2542 citations. Previous affiliations of Margaret Mary O'Connor include Swinburne University of Technology & Monash University, Peninsula campus.
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How death anxiety impacts nurses' caring for patients at the end of life: a review of literature.
Louise Audrey Peters,Robyn Cant,Sherry L Payne,Margaret Mary O'Connor,Fiona McDermott,Kerry Lee Hood,Julia Morphet,Kaori Shimoinaba +7 more
TL;DR: Results suggested that the level of death anxiety of nurses working in hospitals in general, oncology, renal, hospice care or in community services was not high, and studies from several countries showed that a worksite death education program could reduce death anxiety.
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Understandings of Death and Dying for People of Chinese Origin
TL;DR: The primary beliefs about ancestor worship, Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and traditional Chinese medicine that have influenced Chinese people for thousands of years, particularly in relation to death and dying are introduced.
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Desire for hastened death in patients with advanced disease and the evidence base of clinical guidelines: a systematic review
Peter Hudson,Linda J. Kristjanson,Michael A. Ashby,Brian Kelly,Penelope Schofield,Rosalie Hudson,Sanchia Aranda,Margaret Mary O'Connor,Annette Street +8 more
TL;DR: In order to advance understanding of the complex issue of desire for hastened death in the context of palliative care, research should focus on studies with patients who have actually made a desire to die statement and the development of guidelines to help health professionals respond.
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Nurses' views regarding implementing advance care planning for older people: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies.
TL;DR: This study showed that nurses were more concerned about barriers in relation to working environment, teamwork, time and knowledge of health care team members than older people's characteristics, when implementing advance care planning.
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A very public death: dying of mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer (M/ARLC) in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia.
TL;DR: The results indicated that those with M/ARLC and their families experience diagnosis and treatment as being filled with unpredictability and fear, and their experience is complicated by unpredictability, lack of information and the rural location.