Aged people with chronic diseases dying
Demir Çam, S.; Uzun, S.; Aydin, E.; Altindaş, S. · Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2026 · Heft 1 · S. 1 bis 8
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Zusammenfassung
This study was designed to examine the metaphorical perceptions and cognitive structures of aged individuals with chronic diseases towards death. The research was conducted as a qualitative study based on metaphor analysis. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview form that investigated the metaphorical perceptions of 15 individuals with chronic diseases towards death and a form that was asked to be explained with drawing technique. In the semi-structured interview form “Death is like … because …”, metaphor expression was included, and in the other part “Describe your thoughts about death with drawi…