Determination of death anxiety in physicians and nurses working in internal clinics

The study was made in descriptive type to determine of death anxiety in physicians and nurses working in internal clinics. The study was conducted with a total of 186 person including 47 physicians and 139 nurses working in internal clinics at Ordu State Hospital. The data were collected by using the "Personal Information Form" and "Death Anxiety Scale". Percentage, mean, minimum, maximum values, t test and one way ANOVA were used in the evaluation of the data. As a result of the research, it was found that physicians and nurses had moderate level of death anxiety but the death anxiety of nurses was significantly higher than physicians (p<0.05). Where as the number of children, people living together at home and religiosity of level were affecting the death anxiety of physicians, working position in the institution, the frequency of thinking about death, sharing the thoughts about death and receiving in-service training related to the death were affecting the death anxiety of nurses as statistically significant (p<0.05). The results were discussed in the literature and suggestions were made in terms of sheding light for research that will be made in future. KeyWords:Death, Anxiety, Physician, Nurse, Death Anxiety.