Effect of spiritual well-being on end-of-life despair in terminally-ill cancer patients
The LancetPublished 1 May 2003
Colleen S. McClain, Barry Rosenfeld, William Breitbart
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Spiritual well-being offers some protection against end-of-life despair in those for whom death is imminent, and these findings have important implications for palliative care practice.
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Spiritual well-being offers some protection against end-of-life despair in those for whom death is imminent. Our findings have important implications for palliative care practice. Controlled research assessing the effect of spirituality-based interventions is needed to establish what methods can help engender a sense of peace and meaning.
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