In recent years, medical and allied health publications have begun to address various topics
on spirituality. Scholars have posited numerous definitions of spirituality and wrestled with …

The spiritual dimension of health care is becoming increasingly prominent, particularly in
terminal care. It is not always clear, however, what spiritual needs are or who has …

Abstract Thought leaders in palliative care have long recognized the spiritual implications of
illness, including Dame Cicely Saunders' groundbreaking concept of suffering as comprising …

Clinicians increasingly agree that it is important to assess patients' spirituality and to
incorporate this dimension into the care of elderly persons, in order to enhance patient …

Despite increasing acknowledgment of the importance of addressing the spiritual dimension
in the therapeutic process, there is still limited energy devoted to fostering in counselors the …

Background: Spiritual care is reported to be important to palliative patients. There is an
increasing need for education in spiritual care. Aim: To measure the effects of a specific …

Does a chapter on spiritual care belong in a textbook on psychiatry in palliative medicine?
How do we understand the term" spiritual" in this secular age? The reader may well feel at …

Palliative care advocates a holistic, multiprofessional approach to the care of people with life-
threatening disease. In addition to the control of physical symptoms attention should also be …

Uno de los objetivos de los Cuidados Paliativos es atender las necesidades espirituales de
los enfermos, conjuntamente con sus necesidades somáticas, emocionales y sociales. Para …