title: Psychosocial and spiritual issues in terminal care.
abstract: The author has been working as a psychiatrist over the past 30 years, engaging in clinical work and in research. During his career as a psychiatrist the author began to develop a special interest in terminal care. This led to additional study in a residency program in internal medicine and oncology, and culminated in the establishment of a hospice in 1984. Through this close association with hospice patients the author has experienced approximately 2000 deaths over the past 10 years. These experiences have reinforced in his mind the viewpoints that people die as a whole person.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychiatry and Geriatric Behavioral Sciences, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kashiwagi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012067:Religion; D012944:Social Support; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States