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| Ethical and spiritual concerns near the end of life | | Author(s) | Thomas R McCormick, Faith Hopp, Holly Nelson-Becker |
| Journal title | Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, vol 24, no 4, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 301-313 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Chronic illness ; Terminal illness ; Dying ; Medical care ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Religion ; Social ethics ; Case studies. |
| Annotation | Case studies provide interesting windows into issues confronting patients in today's health care system. In this article the authors present two cases from their clinical experiences involving spiritual and ethical issues arising from the care of patients facing life-threatening illnesses. They also present two methods that introduce ways of talking about spiritual and ethical issues. In the first case study the HOPE mnemonic (Hope, Organised religion, Practice of religion, End of life) is introduced as a tool for facilitating open discussion regarding spiritual and religious matters when a patient is dying. The second case study describes a clinical ethics paradigm for organising and analysing ethical issues in the clinical context from a principled perspective. As growing numbers of older adults seek health care in the face of life-threatening illnesses, many will make decisions based upon values associated with their religious or spiritual beliefs. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121102235 A |
| Classmark | CI: CV: CX: LK: EX: TR: TQ: 69P |
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