title: Spiritual uncertainty: exemplars of 2 hospice patients.
abstract: Spirituality is important to persons approaching the end of life. The ambiguous nature of dying and spirituality creates many opportunities for uncertainty. This article presents 2 exemplars from hospice patients about the different ways that spiritual uncertainty affected their dying experience.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
authors.forename: Pamela Shockey
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Stephenson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D033262:Narration; D029181:Spirituality; D035501:Uncertainty