Paliatívna medicína a liečba bolesti 2/2011

The opinion of nurses in hospices in Czech Republic on their own mortality

The contribution presents the results of the study concerning death anxiety with the aim to find out the opinion of nurses in hospices on reconciliation with their own mortality and their problems in the care of patients who experience death anxiety. It also presents nurses´ interest in education in the field of death anxiety.

Keywords: nurse, hospice, anxiety, death, mortality.