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Positive dying in later life — spiritual resiliency among sixteen hospice patients
Author(s)	Mitsuko Nakashima
Journal title	Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, vol 19, no 2, 2007
Publisher	Binghamton, NY, 2007
Pages	pp 43-66
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Terminal care ; Death ; Dying ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America.
Annotation	A qualitative study was conducted based on face-to-face interviews with 16 terminally ill older people who reported experiencing a high level of quality of life in their psychosocial and spiritual domains. The findings point to different ways in which these older people were able to confront the dying process and their impending death through their spiritual tenacity. Major themes emerging from their narratives are highlighted: developing closeness to the divine existence; fearless acknowledgement of impending death; revisiting the meaning of death and dying; active preparation for death; transpersonal experience; and the process to surrender to the higher power by giving up their personal control (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070703207 A
Classmark	EX: LV: CW: CX: 3DP: 7T
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