Category Archive for: "cancer"

Spiritual Pain among Patients with Advanced Cancer in Palliative Care

October 13, 2017 cancer

Background: The large body of empirical research suggesting that patients’ spiritual and existential experiences influence the disease process has raised the need for health care professionals to [...]
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“‘If God wanted me yesterday, I wouldn’t be here today’: Religious and Spiritual Themes in Patients’ Experiences of Advanced Cancer

October 13, 2017 cancer

BACKGROUND: This study sought to inductively derive core themes of religion and/or spirituality (R/S) active in patients’ experiences of advanced cancer to inform the development of [...]
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Spiritual issues and needs: perspectives from patients with advanced cancer and nonmalignant disease. A qualitative study

October 13, 2017 cancer

OBJECTIVE: Health care professionals and policy makers acknowledge that spiritual needs are important for many patients with life-limiting illnesses. We asked such patients to describe [...]
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What impact do chaplains have? A pilot study of Spiritual AIM for advanced cancer patients in outpatient palliative care.

October 13, 2017 cancer

Spiritual AIM (Spiritual Assessment & Intervention Model) is a “brief, chaplain-delivered spiritual care intervention” [MS p. 8] that “was developed through 25 years of [...]
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Cultural differences in spiritual care: findings of an Israeli oncologic questionnaire examining patient interest in spiritual care

October 13, 2017 cancer

BACKGROUND: As professional spiritual care (chaplaincy) is introduced to new cultures worldwide, it bears examining which elements of screening and care are universal and, for those elements [...]
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