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"I Need Presence and a Listening Ear": Perspectives of Spirituality and Spiritual Care Among Healthcare Providers in a Hospice Setting in Pakistan.
- Source :
- Journal of Religion & Health; Aug2021, Vol. 60 Issue 4, p2862-2877, 16p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This paper aims to describe how healthcare providers perceived spirituality and spiritual care while caring for dying patients and their families in a hospice setting in Karachi, Pakistan. Using a qualitative interpretive description design, individual in-depth interviews were conducted among healthcare providers. Thematic analysis approach was used for data analysis. Spirituality and spiritual care were perceived as shared human connections, relating to each other, acts of compassion, showing mutual respect while maintaining dignity in care and empowering patients and families. Developing spiritual competency, self-awareness, training and education, and self-care strategies for healthcare providers are essential components promoting spiritual care in a hospice setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HOSPICE care
SPIRITUALITY
TERMINALLY ill
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL personnel
INTERVIEWING
HUMANISM
HUMANITY
PATIENTS' families
QUALITATIVE research
COMPASSION
SELF-efficacy
SELF-consciousness (Awareness)
THANATOLOGY
CULTURAL competence
LISTENING
PATIENT-professional relations
THEMATIC analysis
RESPECT
DIGNITY
SPIRITUAL care (Medical care)
HEALTH self-care
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224197
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Religion & Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151332316
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01292-9