Journal article
What families know about funeral-related costs: implications for social work practice
Health & social work, Vol.24(2), pp.128-137
05/1999
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/24.2.128
PMID: 10340163
Abstract
Social workers provide essential services in the area of end-of-life care to individuals who are dying and their families. Results reported here suggest that social work's role be expanded to provide basic information about local final arrangement (funeral and burial) options and costs. This study was undertaken to determine the knowledge and experience level of people responsible for funeral and cemetery arrangements and to investigate factors affecting familiarity with final costs. Survey responses from 163 survivors of older adults in Kansas City showed that adult children play an important role in the final arrangements of a parent and that half the survivors responsible for final arrangements had no idea what to expect in terms of costs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- What families know about funeral-related costs: implications for social work practice
- Creators
- M Bern-Klug - Center on Aging, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7117, USA. mbernklu@kumc.eduD J EkerdtD S Wilkinson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health & social work, Vol.24(2), pp.128-137
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1093/hsw/24.2.128
- PMID
- 10340163
- ISSN
- 0360-7283
- eISSN
- 1545-6854
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1999
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9983983665702771
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