The spiritual dimension: What gives meaning to patients with life-limiting illness?
Experiences, beliefs, impressions and relationships provide meaning to patients living with severe incurable disease. Focusing on these dimensions of spirituality can help healthcare professionals to understand and provide spiritual care. Spiritual care encompasses being open and sensitive to what patients express and focussing on what is important to the individual.
Authors
- Sidsel Ellingsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2675-8541)
- Elisabeth Romarheim
Institutions
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- VID Specialized University (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Palliative Nursing
- Published
- 2026-02-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2025.0020
- Primary Topic
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00