Category Archives: SPIRITUAL CARE

Spiritual care requires spiritual care support: The link nurse

Posted on June 24, 2020 by

CONTINUING OUR SERIES TO CELEBRATE THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE NURSE AND MIDWIFE 2020 AND THE BENEFITS THAT NURSING AND MIDWIFERY BRING TO THE HEALTH OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION To mark this world first, the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) is … Continue reading →

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Reframing responses to end-of-life research: A question of vitality

Posted on June 22, 2020 by

Earlier this year, we launched a series on Spirituality and Palliative Care that looked at how people deal with crisis and suffering when confronted with life-threatening disease. Following much interest in the subject, we’re delighted to publish more posts. Today, we welcome … Continue reading →

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Attending to patients’ spiritual needs at the end of life: Exploring the physician’s role

Posted on June 15, 2020 by

Earlier this year, we launched a series on ‘Spirituality and Palliative Care’ that looked at how people deal with crisis and suffering when confronted with life-threatening disease. Following much interest in the subject, we’re delighted to publish more posts. Today, … Continue reading →

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EAPC white paper on spiritual care education in palliative care     

Posted on March 2, 2020 by

CONTINUING OUR SERIES ON SPIRITUALITY AND PALLIATIVE CARE…  Piret Paal is an anthropologist who works as a researcher and coordinator of the WHO Collaborating Centre at the Institute of Nursing Science and Practice, Paracelsus Medical Private University, Salzburg, Austria. With comments … Continue reading →

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Putting down the luggage of a lifetime: A French experience of hospital biography for patients in palliative care

Posted on February 24, 2020 by

Cliquez ici pour la version en français Continuing our series on Spirituality and Palliative Care where we look at how people deal with crisis and suffering when confronted with life-threatening disease. In this post, Valéria Milewski, hospital biographer at Chartres … Continue reading →

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