Context Patients frequently rely on religious faith to cope with cancer, but little is known
about the associations between religious coping and the use of intensive life-prolonging …

Objective: This study examines the relationships between methods of coping with advanced
cancer, completion of advance care directives, and receipt of intensive, life‐prolonging care …

Importance Previous studies report associations between medical utilization at the end-of-
life (EoL) and religious coping and spiritual support from the medical team. However, the …

Purpose To determine whether spiritual care from the medical team impacts medical care
received and quality of life (QoL) at the end of life (EoL) and to examine these relationships …

Purpose Religion and spirituality play a role in coping with illness for many cancer patients.
This study examined religiousness and spiritual support in advanced cancer patients of …

Background: Although studies have reported ethnic differences in approaches to end of life,
the role of spiritual beliefs is less well understood. Purpose: This study investigated …

BACKGROUND: Although spiritual care is associated with less aggressive medical care at
the end of life (EOL), it remains infrequent. It is unclear if the omission of spiritual care …

Background: For patients confronting a life-threatening illness such as advanced cancer,
religious coping can be an important factor influencing their quality of life (QOL). Objective …

Objectives National palliative care guidelines outline spiritual care as a domain of palliative
care, yet patients' religiousness and/or spirituality (R/S) are underappreciated in the …

Purpose Attention to patients' religious and spiritual needs is included in national guidelines
for quality end-of-life care, but little data exist to guide spiritual care. Patients and Methods …