"To Cherish Each Day as it Comes": A qualitative study of spirituality among persons receiving palliative care

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1445-1451

  Asgeirsdottir, Gudlaug Helga ^a   Sigurbjörnsson, Einar ^a   Traustadottir, Rannveig ^a   Sigurdardottir, Valgerdur ^b   Gunnarsdottir, Sigridur ^a,b   Kelly, Ewan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Qualitative research; Spirituality; Theology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY RELATION; HOPE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84879693553     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1690-6     Document Type: Article

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