Category Archive for: "palliative care"

Hospice Volunteers’ Spiritual Care Training: A Discussion of Core Competencies and Course Aims

November 16, 2017 palliative care

AIM: A Germany-wide survey confirmed that there is a need for a spiritual care curriculum to o er assistance in arranging the spiritual care training for hospice volunteers. This article defines [...]
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Handling Challenges Inherent in the Hospice Chaplain Role

October 31, 2017 palliative care

With an increasing number of terminal patients in the United States dying in the context of hospice, the role that hospice chaplains play in providing spiritual care for patients and their [...]
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Religiousness and Spiritual Support among Advanced Cancer Patients and Associations with End-of-Life Treatment Preferences and Quality of Life

October 25, 2017 palliative care

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 diverse [...]
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Frequency, Intensity, and Correlates of Spiritual Pain in Advanced Cancer Patients Assessed in a Supportive / Palliative Care Clinic

October 25, 2017 palliative care, Professionalization

OBJECTIVE: Regular assessments of spiritual distress/spiritual pain among patients in a supportive/palliative care clinic (SCPC) are limited or unavailable. We modified the Edmonton Symptom [...]
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Patterns of social, psychological, and spiritual decline toward the end of life in lung cancer and heart failure

October 19, 2017 palliative care

Typical trajectories of physical decline have been described for people with end-stage disease. It is possible that social, psychological, and spiritual levels of distress may also follow [...]
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