Bonavita Anthony, Yakushko Oksana, Morgan Consoli Melissa L, Jacobsen Steve, Mancuso Rev Laura L
1 Hospice of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
2 Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA, USA.
Omega (Westport). 2018 Mar;76(4):373-394. doi: 10.1177/0030222817693142. Epub 2017 Feb 21.
The study examines the perceptions of interfaith spiritual care, received through a volunteer hospice organization, by 10 individuals facing death and dying. Qualitative methodology based on the Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis was used to collect and analyze the data. Four superordinate themes reflected meanings ascribed to spirituality and spiritual care in facing end of life: Vital Role of Spirituality in the End-of-Life Care, Definitions and Parameters of Spirituality and Interfaith Spiritual Care, Distinct Aspects of Interfaith Spiritual Care, and Unmet Spiritual Needs. The results expand an understanding of the role of spirituality and spiritual care as part of the hospice and palliative care through attention to individual perceptions and experiences, as well as to ways to expand attention to spirituality within the hospice care.
该研究调查了10位濒死之人通过一个志愿临终关怀组织所获得的跨信仰精神关怀的感受。研究采用基于诠释现象学分析的定性方法来收集和分析数据。四个上位主题反映了在面对生命尽头时赋予灵性和精神关怀的意义:灵性在临终关怀中的重要作用、灵性与跨信仰精神关怀的定义及参数、跨信仰精神关怀的独特方面以及未满足的精神需求。研究结果通过关注个体的认知和经历,以及在临终关怀中扩大对灵性关注的方式,拓展了对灵性和精神关怀作为临终关怀与姑息治疗一部分的作用的理解。