title: Rituals at End-of-Life.
abstract: Understanding the significance of rituals at the end-of-life enables health care professionals to offer meaningful and compassionate interventions that enhance quality of life and support those dying and those who grieve. Rituals contribute to the strength, capacity, and health of providers who cope with death events. Rituals help the living create continuing bonds with those dying, help with coping skills, and allow healthy growth through opportunities for naming, honoring, and memorializing. The display of respect and a nonjudgmental attitude create a space for support, trust, sharing of emotion, empowerment, and quality of care during end-of-life events.
authors: NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, 433 First Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA. Electronic address: jcp12@nyu.edu.
authors: James C
authors: JC
authors: Pace
authors: Stroudsburg, PA, USA.
authors: Tyree S
authors: TS
authors: Mobley
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001601:Bereavement; D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D029181:Spirituality; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Ceremonies; Child death; Deathbed; End-of-life; Perinatal loss; Rites; Rituals; Sacraments