Spirituality
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications.

29 Nov 2009 The influence of religious beliefs and practices at the end of life is underinvestigated. Given nursing's advocacy role and the intimate and personal nature of the dimensions of religiosity and the end of life, exploring the multidimensional ... Read more...

Healing during existential moments: the "art" of nursing presence.

29 Nov 2009 This article addresses nursing presence, a phenomenon essential to holistic nursing care. The concept is introduced and explained, supporting background information is reviewed, barriers are identified, and successful applications are illustrated in ... Read more...

Patterns of adaptation in patients living long term with advanced cancer.

13 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: With improved treatment, increasing proportions of patients with advanced cancer are surviving longer with their disease: into a second year after diagnosis and beyond. These longer term survivors face continuing challenges in selecting ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Spirituality'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications. 29 Nov 2009
• Healing during existential moments: the "art" of nursing presence. 29 Nov 2009
• Patterns of adaptation in patients living long term with advanced cancer. 13 Sep 2009
• The Journal of Religion and Health came into existence nearly fifty years ago to explore the presence of religion in human life in all its manifestations. 30 Aug 2009
• Mission leadership: kicking it up a notch. New competency model positions the mission leader as an indispensable contributor to an organization's identity, strategy and vision. 30 Aug 2009
• The resilience of Native American elders. 30 Aug 2009
• The religious life during suicide bereavement: a description. 30 Aug 2009
• Nursing the spirit. 30 Jul 2009
• Commentary on Paley J (2009) Religion and the secularisation of health care. Journal of Clinical Nursing 18, 1963-1974. 30 Jul 2009
• Use of folk remedies among families of children hospitalised in Taiwan. 30 Jul 2009
• The religiosity/spirituality of Latina breast cancer survivors and influence on health-related quality of life. 30 Jul 2009
• Religious involvement and risk of major depression in a prospective nationwide study of African American adults. 30 Jul 2009
• Measuring therapeutic alliance between oncologists and patients with advanced cancer: the Human Connection Scale. 13 Jul 2009
• Religious coping and life-prolonging care. 13 Jul 2009
• Conceptualising spirituality for medical research and health service provision. 11 Jul 2009
• Measuring spiritual care with informatics. 29 Jun 2009
• Healing research. 29 Jun 2009
• Caring for special populations: total pain theory in advanced heart failure: applications to research and practice. 29 Jun 2009
• An inspirational true story by Anonymous. 29 Jun 2009
• Development of a spiritually based educational program to increase colorectal cancer screening among African American men and women. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Spirituality'

Definition: Sensitivity or attachment to religious values, or to things of the spirit as opposed to material or worldly interests. (from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed, and Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed)

Descriptor UI: D029181

Alternative terms: Spirituality; Spiritualities;

Related Mesh Headings: Spiritual Therapies;

Tree Number: F02.880.705; K01.844.664.500;

History Note: 2002