PROBLEM. Referrals for pastoral care can expedite interventions that focus on the spiritual needs of hospitalized adolescents. METHODS. An uncontrolled, retrospective review of referrals (N = 73) [...]
Abstract: Religious beliefs and practices may aid in coping with bereavement and grief after pregnancy loss. Data from 103 women enrolled in the original Lehigh Valley Perinatal Loss Project, and [...]
Summary: Religious/spiritual (R/S) coping has been associated with health outcomes in chronically ill adults; however, little is known about how adolescents use R/S to cope with a chronic illness [...]
Abstract: Adolescents and young adults with cancer are a distinct subgroup of patients within oncology. From the onset of symptoms until the completion of therapy and beyond, they face physical, [...]
Purpose: Cancer treatment programs and community-based support organizations are increasingly producing information and support resources geared to adolescent and young adult patients (AYAs); [...]
Spiritual needs were clustered under the following headings: protection vs autonomy; desire to make a difference; personal issues including loss, privacy, finding a new normal; relationships and [...]
Purpose: This study explores the experiences of individuals in early, middle, and late adolescence dying from cancer. Place of death, medications used at end of life (EOL), and discussions prior [...]
BACKGROUND. Improvements in cancer outcomes observed for the United States population as a whole are not experienced as such by adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients. The objective of this [...]
Cancer in adolescents and young adults has unique features in addition to the special medical, physical, psychological, and social needs of patients in this age group. The spectrum of malignant [...]
Objective: Previous research suggests that anorexic behaviour may be an attempt to introduce control into a chaotic environment, and that the need for stability and meaning in life is an [...]