bruce a. & boston p.(2011) Relieving existential suffering through palliative sedation:
discussion of an uneasy practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing67 (12), 2732–2740. Abstract …

Religion and spirituality are resources regularly used by patients with cancer coping with
diagnosis and treatment, yet there is little research that examines these factors separately …

Background The perception of being closer to death can be experienced due to old age or
life-limiting diseases, and can pose profound existential challenges. Actively confronting …

Existential concerns about cancer have been studied extensively in palliative care but less
so in curative settings. The present report aims to describe ways in which patients viewed …

Background Existential and spiritual concerns are fundamental issues in palliative care and
patients frequently articulate these concerns. The purpose of this study was to understand …

Objective: The experience of time is strongly related to our momentary mood states. Patients
with a life-threatening illness experience an extreme change in mood and suffer from …

Objective To evaluate issues experienced by parents of children with cancer and factors
related to parents' ability to find peace of mind. Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting Dana …

Delirium is a complex syndrome with a multifactorial aetiology and is characterized by
marked disturbances of consciousness, attention, memory, perception, thought, sleep-wake …

The aim of the current article was to examine the meaning of suffering in drug addiction and
in the recovery process. Negative emotions may cause primary suffering that can drive an …

To improve the quality of end-of-life care, general practitioner (GP) awareness of where their
patients prefer to die is important. To examine GP awareness of patients' preferred place of …