When faced with terminal illness, it is natural for hospice patients to question the meaning of
life. Hospice workers need to have the ability to assist patients in dealing with these …

Spirituality can be a significant resource for patients at the end of life; however, there is
limited research on the manner in which hospice workers provide spiritual care. A qualitative …

Addressing the spiritual needs of patients is a crucial dimension of holistic healthcare, but
perhaps the most neglected. Interpretive phenomenology was used to explore the …

It is important for hospice social workers to understand research on spiritual care,
particularly when hospice patients rely on spirituality and/or religion to cope. Spiritual …

Hospice care can be defined as providing palliative, as opposed to curative, care for dying
patients with a prognosis of six months or less. The care received can vary between patients; …

The study examines the perceptions of interfaith spiritual care, received through a volunteer
hospice organization, by 10 individuals facing death and dying. Qualitative methodology …

Spiritual aspects of care with the terminally ill has been rarely discussed in professional
literature. To many caregivers, the notion of anything spiritual signals a referral to a chaplain …

Spirituality is an important issue for many patients in hospice care. The need for spiritual
care often increases as patients struggle to accept the dying process. When patients fail to …

Hospice care has consistently recognized the need to integrate spiritual care into holistic
plans of care for dying patients and their families. Designing and implementing spiritual care …

Background Though most models of palliative care specifically include spiritual care as an
essential element, secular health care organizations struggle with supporting spiritual care …