title: Wholly life: a new perspective on death.
abstract: When caring for the dying, the holistic nurse must be cognizant of many factors involved in this extraordinary process. Many of these factors, including the phenomena of the fear of death, the influences that cause it, and the behavior associated with it, have been discussed in this article. This article presented a new perspective of death in the light of recent discoveries in quantum physics. The concepts of one-ness, self-awareness, and love, together with their relevance to the nurse, have been explored. Grounded in this new paradigm, the holistic nurse serves as a bridge between an old way of seeing and a new way of being.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005239:Fear; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012649:Self Concept; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology