A matter of life and death: knowledge about the body and concept of death in adults with intellectual disabilities

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• 作者：J. McEvoy ; B. Treacy and J. Quigley
• 刊名：Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：61
• 期：1
• 页码：89-98
• 全文大小：170K
• ISSN：1365-2788

文摘

An increased awareness of how people with intellectual disabilities (ID) understand death and dying is necessary in supporting life-long learning, post-bereavement support and planning end-of-life care. Previous research suggests that adults with ID have a limited or ‘patchy’ understanding of the basic biological components of death. However, the relationship between biological understanding of how the body works and conceptualisation of death remains unexplored in this population.