Background Attention to the existential dimension of individual experience during serious
illness is important. However, existential concerns continue to be poorly defined in the …

The aim of this study is to understand how healthy, older adults in Sweden perceive their life
situation after retirement. The study is based on a lifeworld approach, and a …

This study expands our understanding of how existential loneliness and meaning-in-life
might be connected in the lived experience of nursing home residents. A secondary analysis …

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Most nurses receive limited formal education regarding end-of-life (EOL) care, which affects
their ability to meet dying patients' needs. Guided by Bandura's social learning theory, this …

Objectives Discussing existential issues is integral to caring for people with acute,
progressive, or life-limiting neurological illness, but there is a lack of research examining …

Cancer medicine is becoming more sophisticated and complex, and therefore it is becoming
more difficult to care for people at the end of life. This study was performed to identify the …

On January 27, 2012, the American Heart Association issued a scientific statement on
decision-making in Advanced Heart Failure (AdHF)(Allen et al., 2012) endorsed by the Heart …

The present study examined the perception of contemporary German psychiatric staff (ie,
psychiatrists, psychotherapists and nurses) regarding their approach towards …

Discovering and addressing existential loneliness (EL) among older people are challenges
for health care. Research demonstrates that older people in general (Broström, 2014; …