Negative media portrayal of palliative care: a content analysis of print media prior to the passage of Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation in Victoria

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the needs of people with cancer in advanced stages and to analyze factors that influence them. Design/methodology/approach A concurrent mixed-method design was used. Descriptive design was conducted in Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand. Data were collected from a convenience sample of patients with advanced cancer of any tissue or organ. Questionnaires were completed by 110 patients aged 60 years and above (response rate 110/130=84.6 percent). In-depth interviews were conducted with a total of eight patients. Content analysis of semi-structured interviews of a sub-sample was subsequently performed to better understand the real needs of patients with advanced stages of cancer at home setting. Findings The majority (77.5 percent) reported a preference to spend their final days at home. The four most common palliative care needs were more information about disease and medical treatment (98.2 percent), more treatment for pain (97.3 percent), health education for family caregivers (95.5 percent) and health volunteers visit at home (95.5 percent). Content analysis of the qualitative data suggested that patient needs health care providers to deliver open communication, pain management and provide psychosocial supports. Originality/value The result showed that patients-related variables are associated with the palliative care needs in patients with advanced stages of cancer. Communication skills and pain management are the key components to support the need for palliative care at home and to benefit the quality of life in terminally ill patients.

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A Tale of Two Events? Media Analysis of the Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup

Media International Australia ◽

10.1177/1329878x1114000113 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 140 (1) ◽

pp. 97-106 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Emma Sherry ◽

Angela Osborne

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Print Media ◽

Social Issues ◽

Media Analysis ◽

World Cup ◽

Sporting Event ◽

The Media ◽

Australian City

In 2008, Melbourne became the first Australian city to host the Homeless World Cup (HWC), an annual international sporting event that aims to raise the profile of homelessness and social marginalisation. This article first examines relevant print media articles relating to the HWC by identifying key themes through thematic and content analysis. It then examines the polarised reporting of the HWC by two print media outlets, The Age and the Herald Sun, and argues that each outlet's coverage served to reinforce its own established position on the key political and social issues, in this instance homelessness, asylum seeking and immigration. The divergence in the discourses constructed in each paper provides a demonstrative example of the capacity of the media to use events of all sorts to consolidate their political and commercial positions.

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Print Media Coverage of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Content Analysis of Three Major Korean Newspapers

Journal of Korean Medical Science ◽

10.3346/jkms.2013.28.7.1077 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 28 (7) ◽

pp. 1077 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Yourhee Jeong ◽

Daeho Kim ◽

Hyun Young Oh ◽

Yong Chon Park

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽

Traumatic Stress ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Print Media ◽

Stress Disorder ◽

Post Traumatic Stress ◽

Post Traumatic

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Presenting a strong and united front to tobacco industry interference : a content analysis of Australian newspaper coverage of tobacco plain packaging 2008–2014

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023485 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

pp. e023485

Author(s):

Caroline Louise Miller ◽

Aimee Lee Brownbill ◽

Joanne Dono ◽

Kerry Ettridge

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Print Media ◽

Tobacco Industry ◽

News Coverage ◽

Policy Debate ◽

Political Debate ◽

Plain Packaging ◽

The Media ◽

Implementation Delay

ObjectivesIn 2012, Australia was the first country in the world to introduce plain or standardised tobacco packaging, coupled with larger graphic health warnings. This policy was fiercely opposed by industry. Media coverage can be an influential contributor to public debate, and both public health advocates and industry sought media coverage for their positions. The aim of this study was to measure the print media coverage of Australian’s plain packaging laws, from inception to roll-out, in major Australian newspapers.MethodsThis study monitored mainstream Australian print media (17 newspapers) coverage of the plain packaging policy debate and implementation, over a 7-year period from January 2008 to December 2014. Articles (n=701) were coded for article type, opinion slant and topic(s).DesignContent analysis.ResultsCoverage of plain packaging was low during preimplementation phase (2008–2009), increasing sharply in the lead into legislative processes and diminished substantially after implementation. Articles covered policy rationale, policy progress and industry arguments. Of the news articles, 96% were neutrally framed. Of the editorials, 55% were supportive, 28% were opposing, 12% were neutral and 5% were mixed.ConclusionsProtracted political debate, reflected in the media, led to an implementation delay of plain packaging. While Australian media provided comprehensive coverage of industry arguments, news coverage was largely neutral, whereas editorials were mostly supportive or neutral of the policy. Countries seeking to implement plain packaging of tobacco should not be deterred by the volume of news coverage, but should actively promote the evidence for plain packaging in the media to counteract the arguments of the tobacco industry.

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Coverage of Sanitation Issues in India

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/2158244016675395 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 215824401667539 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nayeem Showkat

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Print Media ◽

Public Information ◽

Indian English ◽

The Public ◽

The People ◽

Written Form ◽

Established Fact ◽

Grand Public ◽

Good Percentage

Print media plays a crucial role in information distribution and thus enjoys the mileage of being one of the strongest medium of public information. Media plays an important role in our society as its purpose is not only to inform the public about current and past events, but it also determines what we think and worry about. With more in-depth coverage and investigation, this written form of communication creates a longer influence on the minds of the reader. Theory predicts that information provided by print media reflects the media’s incentives to provide news to different types of groups in society, and affects these groups’ influence in policy making. The article analyses the role played by the print media in creating awareness among the Indian public regarding the paramount sanitation issues. The study will use data produced by the different newspapers pertaining to such issues. It is a well established fact that a good percentage of people in India still have no adequate means of disposing their waste. Poorly controlled waste also means daily exposure to an unpleasant environment. Despite the presence of grand public sanitation schemes, waste management remains to be one of the major problems faced by the people. Content analysis is proved to be instrumental in analyzing the content of the major Indian English dailies. This study used content analysis to unveil how much importance newspapers have been giving to sanitation problems and hygiene-related issues. The findings reveal that newspapers have given an utmost importance to the sanitation policies in India.

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Violence against Amazon women

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/s0104-11692009000600007 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 17 (6) ◽

pp. 968-973

Author(s):

Vera Lúcia de Azevedo Lima ◽

Maria de Lourdes de Souza ◽

Marisa Monticelli ◽

Marília de Fátima Vieira de Oliveira ◽

Carlos Benedito Marinho de Souza ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Sexual Violence ◽

Violence Against Women ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Print Media ◽

Social Phenomenon ◽

Amazon Women ◽

Regional Newspaper

This quantitative and exploratory study analyzed violence against Amazon women presented in print media according to type and severity, and whether aggressors fell under the Maria da Penha law. A total of 181 issues of a regional newspaper were consulted. Based on content analysis, 164 items addressing violence against women were selected and 46 were included in the corpus of analysis. Results were gathered in three thematic groups: women killed with cruelty, sexual violence against women regardless of age, and violence against women and the limitations of the Maria da Penha law. Violence against these women varied in terms of form and severity, including up to homicide. Women are submitted to sexual violence from childhood through adulthood. The enforcement of this law shows the community it has a means to cope with this social phenomenon.

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Execution of Mumtaz Qadri & Urdu Print Media of Pakistan: Exploring Consistency and Discord Frames in Editorializing of Blasphemy & Freedom of expression

ISSUE1 - Journal of Peace, Development & Communication ◽

10.36968/jpdc.2017.i02.02 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 01 (02) ◽

Author(s):

Tasaddaq Hussain Qureshi ◽

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aslam Pervez

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Print Media ◽

Freedom Of Expression ◽

Active Role ◽

Framing Theory ◽

Theoretical Background ◽

Analysis Approach ◽

Opinion Formation ◽

The Media ◽

The Right

This paper focuses on the frames; through which execution of Mumtaz Qadri’s editorialized by the Urdu print media of Pakistan. Eighteen editorials on the selected topic, from March 1, 2016, to April 1, 2016, are selected as a sample from five leading national newspapers viz. Jang, Nawa-e-Waqt, Ausaf, Ummat, and Islam. Freedom of expression and blasphemy depicted through consistency and discord frames is explored with the help of Galtung’s peace and violence journalism indicators. The content analysis approach is applied, with the Framing theory providing theoretical background. It has been found that Media portrayed the issue through discord frame as a dominant frame, which approved the notion of Galtung that media usually portray the conflicts through violence journalism frame. It also approved that the media have not continued framing by a uniform pace. They play an active role in opinion formation of a public. With the passage of time media changed their framing tone from discord to the consistency frames. This proves that media is conscious to enjoy the right of freedom of expression with reference to the blasphemy, in such a volatile situation.

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Nurses’ performance in palliative care: spiritual care in the light of Theory of Human Caring

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0029 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 75 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Carla Braz Evangelista ◽

Maria Emília Limeira Lopes ◽

Solange Fátima Geraldo da Costa ◽

Patrícia Serpa de Souza Batista ◽

Marcella Costa Souto Duarte ◽

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Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Spiritual Care ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Spiritual Dimension ◽

Nurses Role ◽

Theory Of Human Caring ◽

Process Elements ◽

Human Caring

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze nurses’ role in assisting patients in palliative care, with emphasis on the spiritual dimension, in the light of Theory of Human Caring. Methods: this is an exploratory, qualitative study, carried out in a hospital in João Pessoa, Paraíba, between August and December 2019, with 10 nurses. For data collection, semi-structured interviews were used. For analysis, we opted for content analysis. Results: the spiritual dimension of care is contemplated by several religious and spiritual practices. These are respected and encouraged by nurses, although there is difficulty in providing care for the spiritual dimension. Final Considerations: nurses have attitudes consistent with Jean Watson’s Theory and apply the Caritas Process elements during assistance to patients’ spiritual dimension in palliative care.

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