ABSTRACT
The medical literature describes how difficult it is for new, young medical students, interns, and residents to deal with dying patients. Lucky Eddy has indicated that health care professionals seeking to cope with the personal and social problems involved in the care of the dying will be more effective if they are able to reduce their own anxiety in the face of death. A study was conducted to evaluate the care of these dying patients and family specifically to: evaluate if an Educational Intervention would result in a decrease in death anxiety in caregivers and result in a change in documentation on the dying patient in the Medical Record. The study also aims to establish a Templer Death Anxiety Norm for an academic medical center across all departments in dealing with death in the institution in response to the Joint Commission Standards on the care of the dying and their families.
