"To cherish each day as it comes": a qualitative study of spirituality among persons receiving palliative care.

• Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer
• Main Authors: Asgeirsdottir, Gudlaug Helga, Sigurbjörnsson, Einar, Traustadottir, Rannveig, Sigurdardottir, Valgerdur, Gunnarsdottir, Sigridur, Kelly, Ewan
• Other Authors: Univ Iceland, Fac Theol & Religious Studies, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland, Univ Iceland, Fac Social & Human Sci, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland, Landspitali Natl Univ Hosp, Palliat Care Unit, IS-200 Kopavogur, Iceland, Univ Iceland, Fac Nursing, Eirberg, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland, NHS Educ Scotland, Spiritual Care, Edinburgh EH3 9DN, Midlothian, Scotland, Landspitali Natl Univ Hosp, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland, Univ Edinburgh, Sch Divin, New Coll, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, Midlothian, Scotland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2013
• Subjects: Krabbamein; Aldraðir; Líknarmeðferð; Adult; Aged; 80 and over; Female; Humans; Iceland; Interview; Psychological; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Palliative Care; Religion; Spirituality
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/312379; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-012-1690-6

To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. Spirituality is one of the main aspects of palliative care. The concept is multidimensional and encompasses the existential realm as well as value-based and religious considerations. The aim of this study was to explore spirituality from the perspective of persons receiving palliative care and examine their experience of spirituality and its influence on their lives and well-being. Landspitali-University Hospital Research Fund , Science Fund of The Icelandic Chaplaincy Association