Background Spiritual well-being is a strength for childhood cancer patients to cope with
cancer. The availability of a valid and reliable instrument for assessing spiritual well-being is …

At the end of life, individuals may re-engage with earlier life trauma as they reflect on life
experiences and confront their mortality. As such, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

Background: In palliative care, the Utrecht Symptom Diary–4 Dimensional (USD-4D), a
Dutch-adapted and validated patient-reported outcome measure, supports multidimensional …

According to terror and meaning management theories, positive death valence might
facilitate psychosocial intervention in social discrimination. The present theoretical article …

With a focus on socially marginalised Greenlanders in Denmark, this study explores the
significance of the concept of social suffering for the concept of total pain. Greenland is a …

Context Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may emerge or re-emerge at end of life (EOL),
increasing patient suffering. Understanding factors associated with PTSD at EOL may assist …

Palliative care is defined as 'an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their
families who are facing problems associated with life-threatening illness. It prevents and …

Objectives Religion and spirituality are important aspects of many physicians and patients'
lives and may impact their views of death and the way they interact with terminally ill …

Nurses play an essential role in managing mental health conditions, such as posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), especially in rural areas where access to mental health care is …

In Denmark, religious behavior is usually very private. Little is known of religious and
spiritual needs of patients and family during critical illness and hospitalization. We aimed to …