title: Spiritual care at the end of life.
abstract: An essential part of end-of-life medical care, spiritual care allows physicians to recognize problems like meaninglessness, anguish, and hopelessness, for which effective interventions are available. This form of care can be a deeply rewarding area of medical practice.
authors.affiliation: St Luke's Episcopal Hospital Palliative Care Service, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Storey
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012068:Religion and Medicine