This qualitative study out of Iran involved interview with eight breast cancer patients. (From the abstract:) Two main themes discovered in this research were fatalism on the one hand, and the [...]
The case study seeks to describe an oncology chaplain’s pastoral relationship with a 64-year-old woman with advanced metastatic breast cancer. The patient’s distress was complicated [...]
In Nolan’s case study, “He Needs to Talk!”: A Chaplain’s Response to Nonreligious Spiritual Care,” he asks an important question: “What is distinctive about [...]
Introduction: Volunteers in care focused roles are definitely the persons in palliative care who spend the most time with patients. But are they sufficiently equipped to recognise signals of [...]
The Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale: A tripartite approach to measuring meaning in life
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To address conceptual difficulties and advance research on meaning in life (MIL), it may be useful to adopt a tripartite view of meaning as consisting of comprehension, purpose, and mattering. [...]
A Novel Picture Guide to Improve Spiritual Care and Reduce Anxiety in Mechanically Ventilated Adults in the Intensive Care Unit
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RATIONALE: Hospital chaplains provide spiritual care that helps patients facing serious illness cope with their symptoms and prognosis, yet because mechanically ventilated patients cannot speak, [...]
Myths and Systems: A Response to ‘He Needs to Talk!’: A Chaplain’s Case Study of Nonreligious Spiritual Care
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In response to Chaplain Steve Nolan’s case study, “He Needs to Talk: A Chaplain’s Case Study of Nonreligious Spiritual Care,” this article presents two areas for further [...]
STUDY DESIGN: The study uses a cross-sectional, group comparison, questionnaire-based design. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether spinal cord injury and pain have an impact on spiritual well-being [...]
Background: Many patients with heart failure grapple with related problems that threaten their feeling of well-being and quality of life. Patients look for ways to cope with the new situation. [...]
Heart failure patients’ desires for spiritual care, perceived constraints, and unmet spiritual needs: relations with well-being and health-related quality of life
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Little information is available about HF patients’ desires regarding having their healthcare providers address their spiritual concerns, feeling constrained in doing so, and the extent to [...]