Social relationships and community end of life care in Hong Kong

dc.contributor.authorWing-sun, Chan
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeFries, Christopher (Sociology and Criminology)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeAlbas, Daniel (Sociology and Criminology)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeThompson, Genevieve (Nursing)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteePayne, Sheila (Lancaster University)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorFunk, Laura (Sociology and Criminology)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-08T13:59:51Z
dc.date.available2020-09-08T13:59:51Z
dc.date.copyright2020-08-17
dc.date.issued2020-08en_US
dc.date.submitted2020-08-18T03:02:39Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineSociologyen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractIn Hong Kong, like other modern societies, death and dying are identified as a crucial public health issue. Given developments in the Hong Kong healthcare system, some of the work of caring for dying people and their families has shifted to cross-disciplinary collaboration in community settings. This trend corresponds with a growing policy and practice emphasis on social relationships in non-medical forms of community-based care for dying people and their families. In the present study, abductive grounded theory methodology was used to examine the complex dynamics and mechanisms involved in social relationships between dying people (and their families) and volunteers and professionals in community-based social service agencies. The goal was to contribute to knowledge about how social relationships influence the experiences of dying people and their families, and to explore and engage theoretically with the concept of social capital as a dynamic, relational process. Relationships between social service agency staff and medical professionals were also explored. Through contacts with two community-based end-of-life (EOL) service agencies in Hong Kong, qualitative data were collected using 14 in-depth interviews with practitioners and 2 service users. The findings were used to develop a clear and parsimonious three-stage model of relational social capital development. In this model, relationships between service agency workers and families can be seen as addressing a key precondition of social capital through establishing trust, facilitating the accessibility of social capital through cultivating mutuality, and mobilizing social capital through fostering collaboration; all of these processes contribute to mitigating community detachment. Lastly, this study elucidates implications for policy and practice related to both health promotion and community engagement in the care of dying people and their families in Hong Kong communities.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2020en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/34971
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectEnd of life careen_US
dc.subjectSocial capitalen_US
dc.subjectcompassionate communitiesen_US
dc.titleSocial relationships and community end of life care in Hong Kongen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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