Spirituality, religion, and healing in palliative care

Puchalski, Christina M.; Dorff, Rabbi Elliot N.; Hendi, Imam Yahya

doi:10.1016/j.cger.2004.07.004

Cited by 88 publications

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“…Yet there is an opportunity for healing, even in the midst of an incurable illness. Healing can be manifested as inner peace; peace and reconciliation with God, self, and others; acceptance; letting go; and, finally, a peaceful death [31,32].…”

Section: Healing Vs Curementioning

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Religious and Spiritual Biomarkers in Both Health and Disease

Kharitonov¹

2012

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Religious thought and spirituality can be considered as a part of natural human capacities. There is an exponential rise in clinical research in the relationship between religion, spirituality and positive health outcomes. Most of these studies, however, have been primarily descriptive, rather than explanatory, focusing on identifying their underlying mechanisms. Almost no attempts have been made to find novel methods to mirror and monitor positive, and possibly negative, reactions related to the local and general effects of religion and spirituality in healthy subjects and patients. As this area of interest is rather new, we propose to put forward a new hypothesis that effects of religion and spirituality can be objectively studied by various exhaled biomarkers, some of which have already been developed and tested in health and disease. The lungs are particularly well suited for this purpose, as we have easy access to exhaled air and thereby a possibility to develop methods that measure compounds directly released from them. This work is the first step in the convergence of medical and theological research by linking various biomarkers and physiological measures with indicators of individual belief systems, religiosity and spirituality.

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Section: Healing Vs Curementioning

confidence: 99%

Religious and Spiritual Biomarkers in Both Health and Disease

Kharitonov¹

2012

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“…1 Since that time, the professional literature reflects growing interest in and debate about this topic. [2][3][4][5][6] Recent years have witnessed extensive growth in research on the ways in which spirituality can support health in the contexts of medicine, nursing, ethics, social work, and psychology. This has been especially true in the field of palliative care.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Improving the Spiritual Dimension of Whole Person Care: Reaching National and International Consensus

Puchalski

Vitillo²,

Hull

et al. 2014

Journal of Palliative Medicine

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conference built on the 2012 conference to produce a set of standards and recommended strategies for integrating spiritual care across the entire health care continuum, not just palliative care. Deliberations were based on evidence that spiritual care is a fundamental component of high-quality compassionate health care and it is most effective when it is recognized and reflected in the attitudes and actions of both patients and health care providers.

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“…Esses dados só confirmam a importância que têm as práticas religiosas no bem-estar e na melhoria da qualidade de vida dos doentes (16,22).…”

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“…Ignorar as necessidades espirituais pode conduzir a pessoa doente à não adesão terapêutica, falta ou diminuição de resiliência perante um sistema de cuidados de saúde tradicional e impedi-los do acesso a uma poderosa fonte interna de saúde e de "healing" (22).…”

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The Spiritual Needs of Ailing Hospitalized Patients: An Integrative Review

2014

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La espiritualidad es intrínseca al ser humano y se manifiesta también asociada a la enfermedad, la pérdida o cuando el ser humano se enfrenta con el sufrimiento o la muerte. Como la expresión de las necesidades espirituales no se procesa de igual forma en la per- sona sana o enferma, su atención requiere una intervención rigurosa y profesional. Objetivos: identificar necesidades espirituales de la persona hospitalizada y conceptos de espiritualidad. Método: revisión integrativa de diez estudios cuantitativos y cualitativos sobre necesidades espirituales, publicados en el período del 2004 al 2011 en las bases de datos (EBSCO, MEDLINE, SAGE y B-ON), orientada por las interrogantes: ¿Cuáles son las necesidades espirituales de la persona hospitalizada y los conceptos de espiritualidad utilizados en los estudios seleccionados? Resultados: del análisis de los artículos emergieron las siguientes necesidades espirituales: busca de sentido en la enfermedad y sufrimiento; estar en relación con los otros y con el Ser Superior, lo que señala presencia evidente de valores, creencias espirituales, fe, esperanza y necesidades religiosas, asociadas a los conceptos: sentido de vida, relaciones, transcendencia y prácticas religiosas. Conclusiones: los enfermos pueden expresar sus necesidades espirituales por medio de las formas más sutiles. Los enfermeros deben evaluar las necesidades espirituales de “mente abierta” y ser capaces de proporcionar la asistencia más adecuada.

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Spirituality, religion, and healing in palliative care

Cited by 88 publications

References 26 publications

Religious and Spiritual Biomarkers in Both Health and Disease

Religious and Spiritual Biomarkers in Both Health and Disease

Improving the Spiritual Dimension of Whole Person Care: Reaching National and International Consensus

The Spiritual Needs of Ailing Hospitalized Patients: An Integrative Review

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