OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, Ahead of Print.
BackgroundThe aim of the study was to examine the functioning of the team, working in conditions of exposure and finding reasons for which a specific group takes actions in conditions of life threatening others or own. The population being studied is a hospice team (N = 229).MethodsLogistic regression analysis and multidimensional correspondence analysis were used in the research.ResultsThe level of personal religiosity was regulated in a different way in the respective surveyed professional groups. In the group of hospice volunteers we managed to build 2 models, in the hospice employees – 4 models, in the group of volunteers – 5 models.ConclusionThere are different types of motivation and a sense of identity. The highest level of guilt is declared by a group of hospice volunteers. In the group of volunteers of the hospice: the thanatological anxiety and mood stimulate the growth of personal religiousness.