title: Palliative care and spirituality: an integrative literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze scientifi c articles published in international online journals about palliative care and spirituality.
  
  
  METHODS
  an integrative literature review with data collected in September 2014 from the LILACS, SCIELO, MEDLINE/PubMed, and IBECS databases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  thirty-nine publications were identifi ed and their textual analysis facilitated through four thematic approaches: the meaning of spirituality in the context of palliative care; palliative care and spiritual support; spirituality and relief of pain and other symptoms in patients under palliative care; and instruments to evaluate the spiritual dimension of the scope of palliative care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  this study examined the relevance of the spiritual dimension in the care of patients with palliative care and the need for developing new studies to disseminate knowledge about this topic.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Palliative Care; Palliative Care at End of Live; Spirituality; Religion; Health.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Carla Braz
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Evangelista
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Emilia Limeira
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Solange Fatima Geraldo da
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Patricia Serpa de Souza
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jaqueline Brito Vidal
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Amanda Maritsa de Magalhães
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D026443:Spiritual Therapies; D029181:Spirituality