Spiritual Experiences of Transcendence in Patients With Advanced Cancer
| Autor: | Thomas Cerny, D. Bueche, Florian Strasser, M. Schuett Mao, Aurelius Omlin, Malte Renz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Attitude to Death
Music therapy Palliative care Psychotherapist Interpretative phenomenological analysis Communication media_common.quotation_subject Pain Pastoral Care Empathy General Medicine Neoplasms Religious experience Spirituality medicine Humans Anxiety Spiritual care medicine.symptom Psychology Attitude to Health Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 32:178-188 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2715 1049-9091 |
| Popis: | Purpose: Spirituality encompasses a wide range of meanings between holistic wellbeing and mysticism. We explored advanced cancer patients' spiritual experiences of transcendence. Methods: A total of 251 patients with advanced cancer were included and observed (participant observation) over 12 months by a psycho-oncologist/music-therapist. She recorded and documented patients' spontaneously expressed spiritual experiences during hospitalisation. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was applied. Results: 135 patients communicated a spiritual experience, as expressed by altered body-awareness, less pain, less anxiety, higher acceptance of illness/death, new spiritual identity. Spiritual experiences were communicated by patients across different religious affiliations/attitudes. We identified types of spiritual experiences. Conclusion: The occurrence of spiritual experiences seems to be frequent and associated with profound, powerful reactions. Our results indicate that experienced-based spiritual care may complement current needs-based approaches. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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