Spiritual care in Portuguese palliative care settings: a cross-sectional study

This study involved different professionals from multidisciplinary teams. Most recognised the importance of attending to the patient's spirituality and spiritual care. Results suggest that there is a need for specific training, resources and techniques to meet a patient's spiritual care needs at the end of life. This need may be similar in all teams, not just palliative care teams, to facilitate comparing indicators and promote the implementation of holistic care in palliative care.