title: Life-closing spirituality and the philosophic assumptions of the Roy adaptation model.
abstract: Secondary analysis of data from a previous study that referenced spirituality was coded, categorized, and grouped into themes. Life-closing spirituality for 44 (45.4%) of 97 total participants was shaped by a core theme of believing that was central to dying persons. Believing was linked to six other themes: comforting, releasing, connecting, giving, reframing, and requesting. These themes supported the philosophic assumptions and principles of humanism and veritivity as defined in the Roy adaptation model.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Tacoma.
authors.forename: Marjorie C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dobratz
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005086:Existentialism; D005260:Female; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006699:Home Care Services; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012944:Social Support; D029181:Spirituality; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology*