Spirituality is an essential component of the care of patients with serious illness and those
that are dying. Dame Cicely Saunders developed the hospice movement based on the …

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 …

Research related to spirituality and health has developed from relative obscurity to a thriving
field of study over the last 20 years both within palliative care and within health care in …

In the last fifteen years, the field of palliative care has experienced a surge in interest in
spirituality as an important aspect of caring for seriously ill and dying patients. While …

Holistic models of cancer and palliative care frequently refer to spirituality as an important
element. But what do we mean when we talk about spirituality and how do we provide …

Spirituality and spiritual care are gaining increasing attention but their potential contribution
to palliative care remains unclear. The aim of this study was to synthesize qualitative …

As medical science has evolved, many conditions that once were thought to be “death
sentences” have become chronic illness. In some ways, this makes death and dying more …

Despite an empirical evidence for spiritual care as part of palliative care, R/S remains
insufficiently addressed by the medical system. Further research is required in order to more …

Objective: With spirituality being one of the most important components of end-of-life (EOL)
care, this study explored the oral responses of 44 dying persons who expressed spirituality …

The interdisciplinary supportive and palliative care model of spiritual care proposes
inclusion of the spiritual domain in the overall screening and history-taking process and …