Author: Jim

Question: Would you be prepared to actually do something to improve the conditions of sick and disabled people in your country?

Range: Absolutely yes (4) to Absolutely no (0).

Source: Inglehart R. Online Data Analysis. World values survey [internet]. Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Institute for Social Research; 2010. Accessed 22 November 2010. http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/.

Article: Palliative Care at the End of Life in Denmark:
The Role of Culture in Explaining Denmark’s Poor Performance

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Author: James M. Hoefler, Ph.D.
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, US

Question: How important is “the feeling that you have a moral duty” as a reason to do something to help elderly people your country.

Range: Very important (4) to Not at all (0).

Source: Inglehart R. Online Data Analysis. World values survey [internet]. Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Institute for Social Research; 2010. Accessed 22 November 2010. http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/.

Article: Palliative Care at the End of Life in Denmark:
The Role of Culture in Explaining Denmark’s Poor Performance

E-Book: 7th Global Conference: Making Sense of Dying and Death
Inter-Disciplinary.Net

Author: James M. Hoefler, Ph.D.
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, US

Question: When it comes to doing voluntary work, please indicate how important “identifying with people who are suffering” is in your own case.

Range: Very important (4) to Unimportant (0).

Source: Inglehart R. Online Data Analysis. World values survey [internet]. Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Institute for Social Research; 2010. Accessed 22 November 2010. http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/.

Article: Palliative Care at the End of Life in Denmark:
The Role of Culture in Explaining Denmark’s Poor Performance

E-Book: 7th Global Conference: Making Sense of Dying and Death
Inter-Disciplinary.Net

Author: James M. Hoefler, Ph.D.
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, US

Question: Do you belong to – and – are you currently doing unpaid work for a voluntary organization concerned with health?

Source: Inglehart R. Online Data Analysis. World values survey [internet]. Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Institute for Social Research; 2010. Accessed 22 November 2010. http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/.

Article: Palliative Care at the End of Life in Denmark:
The Role of Culture in Explaining Denmark’s Poor Performance

E-Book: 7th Global Conference: Making Sense of Dying and Death
Inter-Disciplinary.Net

Author: James M. Hoefler, Ph.D.
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, US

Quality of end-of-life care index: This dimension of end-of-life care is weighted as 40% of the overall Quality of Death index score.

Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit. The quality of death: ranking end-of-life care across the world. July 2010.

Health spending (% GDP): Spending on health care as a percentage of national GDP.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO).  European health report 2009. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2009.

Health spending (% budget): Percent of national budget devoted to spending on health care.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO).  European health report 2009. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2009.

Volunteer with health organization: Percentage of respondents in each country reporting that they volunteer with a charitable health care organization.

Source: World Values Survey 1981-2008 Official Aggregate v.20090901, 2009. World Values Survey Association. Aggregate File Producer: ASEP/JDS, Madrid. http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org. Accessed 8 Sep 2010.

Belong to health organization: Percentage of respondents in each country reporting that they belong to a charitable health care organization.

Source: World Values Survey 1981-2008 Official Aggregate v.20090901, 2009. World Values Survey Association. Aggregate File Producer: ASEP/JDS, Madrid. http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org. Accessed 8 Sep 2010.

Identifying with suffering: Mean level of response to the question How important is it to identify with people who are suffering? on a scale running from 0 (unimportant) to 3 (very unimportant).

Source: World Values Survey 1981-2008 Official Aggregate v.20090901, 2009. World Values Survey Association. Aggregate File Producer: ASEP/JDS, Madrid. http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org. Accessed 8 Sep 2010.