Intervention in Palliative Care aims to provide physical, psychosocial, and spiritual relief for
patients and family members. Brief interventions with a psycho-existential approach have …

Existential psychotherapy is rooted in the European tradition of existential philosophy.
Existential philosophers include Husserl and Heidegger, who were German, and Camus …

Among patients with advanced cancer, existential concerns are major issues that promote
significant distress. For patients who are facing death, a sense of meaning and the …

Among the advanced cancer population, existential concerns are major issues which
promote significant distress. For those patients who are in fact facing death, meaning and …

BACKGROUND As we continue to develop our understanding of the psychosocial needs of
palliative care patients, it is becoming more apparent that our present concepts of adequate …

Oncological disease in the palliative stage is a huge challenge for patients and their family
caregivers (FCs) due to the fact that it confronts them with death, as well as physical …

BACKGROUND As we continue to develop our understanding of the psychosocial needs of
palliative care patients, it is becoming more apparent that our present concepts of adequate …

End-of-life patients experience physical, mental, social, and existential distress. While
medical personnel provide medication and care to alleviate patients' distress, listening to …

Aims: To establish preliminary evidence for the feasibility, acceptability, and utility of an
abbreviated version of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy tailored to the needs of palliative …

Purpose/Objectives: To develop the Meaning of Life Intervention in response to the need for
brief and meaning-focused interventions in palliative care and to establish potential effect …