<短報>重度聴覚障害老人の終末期と死に関する意識調査

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In order to clarify the characteristics of the thoughts of aged people with hearing impairment, a questionnare investigation concerning their thoughts about death was conducted on 15 severely hearing impairmed.Some parts of questionnaire were conducted by sign language.Following facts were revealed. (1) None of the subjects was concerned about their physical suffering when faced with death.On the other hand, 4 subjects were more anxious about their families and friends than themselves. (2) 4 subjects wanted to donate their bodies to medical research for treatment of hearing impairment. (3) 6 subjects replied that they feel lonely and anxious about dying without being able to communicate with people close to them. (4) Many subjects strongly wished to communicate more easily with normal people by popularizing the use of sign language. In general, the subjects expressed their concerns about the welfare to have humanity which care about total welfare of people with hearing impairment than themselves.
川崎医療福祉大学の論文
1999-12-25