Context The WHO recognizes the need to attend to patients' spiritual needs as being
fundamental to comprehensive and high-quality end-of-life care. Spiritual needs must be …

Objective: To study the relationship between the psychological and spiritual dimensions in
adult palliative care. Methods: The data sources used were Medline, Web of Knowledge and …

Background: One's spirituality or religious beliefs and practices may have a profound impact
on how the individual copes with the suffering that so often accompanies advanced disease …

This paper reports on a focus group study aimed at exploring the difficulties that palliative
care healthcare professionals encounter while assessing the spiritual distress of their …

In palliative care, a biopsychosocial-spiritual model is essential to address the patient in
totality. Spirituality is often a relevant issue in such settings, yet there is a need to …

One of the most crucial palliative care challenges is in determining how patients' needs are
defined and assessed. Although physical and psychological needs are commonly …

Background: Patients express a variety of needs, some of which are labeled social and
spiritual. Without an in-depth exploration of patients' expressions of these needs, it is difficult …

To identify the spiritual and religious needs of palliative home-care patients in the region of
Quebec City (Canada), we interviewed 24 patients in their homes. Through content analysis …

Abstract© 2013 Sociedad Española de Cuidados Paliativos Aim To record spiritual
expressions made spontaneously by patients while attending a palliative care unit. Material …

Objective: The goal of this study was to explore healthcare professionals'(HCPs') perception
of their role in provision of spiritual care, in addition to attempting to identify a simple …