Spirituality in geriatric palliative care.
This article presents an overview of spirituality as an essential domain of geriatrics palliative care, and provides guidelines for clinicians to diagnose spiritual distress and to integrate spirituality into their clinical practice.
George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, George Washington University School of Medicine, 2030 M Street NW Suite 4014, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Electronic address: cpuchals@gwu.edu.
Christina M
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Puchalski
D000368:Aged; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D004645:Empathy; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D029181:Spirituality
Empathic listening; Geriatric; Palliative care; Spirituality