title: Where is God in my dying? A qualitative investigation of faith reflections among hospice patients in a secularized society.
abstract: Despite increased focus on the role of spiritual care in palliative care, there is limited knowledge about spirituality/religiosity among dying patients in secularized cultures such as Denmark. This study aims through semi-structured interviews with Danish hospice patients and participant observation to elucidate how hospice patients reflect and act upon their potential faith. The results demonstrate three dimensions of faith: (1) "Knowing" (cognition), (2) "doing" (praxis) and (3) "being" (meaning). The article concludes that most patients had a hesitant, but according to their situation, important faith although it was not something they knew much about, let alone discussed or practiced much.
authors: a Research Unit of General Practice, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Southern Denmark , Odense C , Denmark.|b Health Science Research Center , University College Lillebaelt , Odense SØ , Denmark.
authors: Lene
authors: L
authors: Moestrup
authors: a Research Unit of General Practice, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Southern Denmark , Odense C , Denmark.
authors: Niels Christian
authors: NC
authors: Hvidt
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D029181:Spirituality; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology*