Palliative Care

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This paper attempts to affirm the hypothesis that spirituality plays a major role in contemporary palliative care. The paper attempts to affirm the hypothesis via a topical survey of recent nursing, medical and sociology journals. A conclusion is reached which suggests that spirituality is a valuable part of palliative care.

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"When speaking of the end of life, quantitative research is relatively easy to obtain. It is easy to find out how many people die, when, and from what causes. What is less accessible, however, is information regarding the nature of that death, whether it was a so-called 'good death,' or not. Recently, there has been increasing interest, according to Christina M. Puchalski, MD, an associate at the Center to Improve Care of the Dying, "in the spiritual aspects of palliative care" Puchalski designed a course in spirituality in end-of-life care in 1992, amid predictions by her superiors that it would not attracted students or attention."

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