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Ageing Prisoners: Contemplating end-of-life in prison
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 2701493
Author(s) Handtke, Violet; Wangmo, Tenzin
Author(s) at UniBasel Wangmo, Tenzin
Handtke, Violet Fleur
Year 2014
Title Ageing Prisoners: Contemplating end-of-life in prison
Journal Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Volume 11
Number 3
Pages / Article-Number 373-86
Keywords Ageing prisoners, Death and dying, End-of-life, Ethics
Abstract

Rising numbers of ageing prisoners and goals on implementing equivalent health care in prison raise issues surrounding end-of-life care for prisoners. The paucity of research on this topic in Europe means that the needs of older prisoners contemplating death in prison have not been established. To investigate elderly prisoners’ attitudes towards death and dying, 35 qualitative interviews with inmates aged 51 to 71 years were conducted in 12 Swiss prisons. About half of the prisoners reported having thought about dying in prison, with some mentioning it in relation with suicidal thoughts and others to disease and old age. Themes identified during data analysis included general thoughts about death and dying, accounts of other prisoners’ deaths, availability of end-of-life services, contact with social relations, and wishes to die outside of prison. Study findings are discussed using Allmark’s concept of “death without indignities,” bringing forth two ethical issues: fostering autonomy and removing barriers. Attributing the identified themes to these two ethical actions clarifies the current needs of ageing prisoners in Switzerland and could be a first step towards the implementation of end-of-life services in correctional systems.

Publisher Springer
ISSN/ISBN 1176-7529
URL http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11673-014-9548-x
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6298883
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1007/s11673-014-9548-x
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24965438
ISI-Number WOS:000340884400014
Document type (ISI) Journal Article
 
   

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