title: [Spiritual care model for terminal cancer patients].
abstract: Providing spiritual care to patients with advanced cancer may improve the quality of life of these patients and help them experience a good death. Cancer patients are eager for additional spiritual care and for a sense of peace at the end of their life. However, spirituality is an abstract concept. The literature on spiritual care focuses primarily on elaborations of spirituality theory. Thus, first-line medical care professionals lack clear guidelines for managing the spiritual needs of terminal cancer patients. The purposes of this article were to: 1) introduce a spiritual care model based on the concept of repair and recovery of relationships that addresses the relationship between the self and God, others, id, and objects and 2) set out a four-step strategy for this model that consists of understanding, empathizing, guiding, and growing. This article provides operational guidelines for the spiritual care of terminal cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsinchu Branch, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Ju-Fen
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsinchu Branch, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Ya-Ching
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsinchu Branch, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Pai-Ho
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsinchu Branch, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chih-Hsin
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Yuanpei University, Taiwan, ROC. ling5966@yahoo.com.tw.
authors.forename: Jia-Ling
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D029181:Spirituality; D013727:Terminal Care
keywords: cancer; spiritual care; terminal