Communion supports dignity for older adults with serious cancer: Quantitative findings from dignity therapy intervention
Narrating communion serves as a mechanism for enhancing patient dignity during Dignity Therapy. Providers may consider explicitly guiding patients to engage in, elaborate on, communal narration to enhance therapeutic utility. In addition, encouraging patients with advanced illness to positively reflect on relationships in life may improve patient dignity outcomes in palliative and end-of-life care.
Authors
- Harvey Max Chochinov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-4704)
- Susan Bluck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0499-6426)
- Carma L. Bylund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9335-1496)
- Mary Kate Koch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3003-8715)
- Diana J. Wilkie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3954-8933)
- Sophia Maggiore
- Sheri Kittlelson
Institutions
- University of Florida (US)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Palliative & Supportive Care
- Published
- 2024-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1478951524001329
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute