Category Archive for: "oncology"

The barriers and facilitators in providing spiritual care for parents who have children suffering from cancer

March 10, 2019 oncology

BACKGROUND: Given the importance of spirituality in crisis situations including life-threatening diseases such as cancer, paying due attention to this aspect of care is of great importance. This [...]
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Impact of a Spiritual Care Program on Spiritual Wellbeing of Oncology Nurses: A Randomized Clinical Trial

February 24, 2019 oncology

Background: Spiritual wellbeing (SWB) of nurses working in oncology wards is directly related to quality of care they provide. An increase in their SWB might lead to decrease in their spiritual [...]
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Spiritual care: What do cancer patients and their family members want? A co-design project

February 18, 2019 oncology

Purpose: Through active participant engagement, this project aimed to better comprehend the spiritual care needs of New Zealand cancer patients and their families and friends, and to gain further [...]
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Understanding and responding to spiritual and religious needs of young people with cancer

January 22, 2019 nursing, oncology, pediatrics

Aim: To identify the spiritual and religious needs of young people with cancer, and to explore some implications of these for enhancing patient care. Method: Semi-structured interviews were [...]
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Parents’ spiritual and religious needs in young oncology

January 21, 2019 nursing, oncology, pediatrics

As part of a small scale phenomenological study of the spiritual and religious needs of young people with cancer undertaken by Birmingham (UK) Children’s Hospital Chaplaincy in partnership with [...]
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