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Spirituality and palliative care
 — a model of needs
Author(s)Allan Kellehear
Journal titlePalliative Medicine, vol 14, 2000
Pagespp 215-221
KeywordsTerminal care ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Religion ; Needs [elderly] ; Theory.
AnnotationThis paper provides a theoretical model of spiritual needs in palliative care, based on a review of the palliative care literature. Three sources of transcendence, the building blocks of spiritual meaning, are identified: the situational, the moral and biographical, and the religious. Implications for future theory, research and practice are identified. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-010105014 A
ClassmarkLV: EX: TR: IK: 4D *

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