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Spiritual Concerns in Hindu Cancer Patients Undergoing Palliative Care: A Qualitative Study

AIMS: Spiritual concerns are being identified as important components of palliative care. The aim of this study was to explore the nature of spiritual concerns in cancer patients undergoing palliative care in a hospice in India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The methodology used was a qualitative method: I...

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Autores principales: Simha, Srinagesh, Noble, Simon, Chaturvedi, Santosh K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049350
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.116716
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description AIMS: Spiritual concerns are being identified as important components of palliative care. The aim of this study was to explore the nature of spiritual concerns in cancer patients undergoing palliative care in a hospice in India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The methodology used was a qualitative method: Interpretive phenomenological analysis. A semi-structured interview guide was used to collect data, based on Indian and western literature reports. Certain aspects like karma and pooja, relevant to Hindus, were included. Theme saturation was achieved on interviewing 10 participants. RESULTS: The seven most common spiritual concerns reported were benefit of pooja, faith in God, concern about the future, concept of rebirth, acceptance of one's situation, belief in karma, and the question Why me? No participant expressed four of the concerns studied: Loneliness, need of seeking forgiveness from others, not being remembered later, and religious struggle. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms that there are spiritual concerns reported by patients receiving palliative care. The qualitative descriptions give a good idea about these experiences, and how patients deal with them. The study indicates the need for adequate attention to spiritual aspects during palliative care.
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spelling pubmed-37750322013-09-18 Spiritual Concerns in Hindu Cancer Patients Undergoing Palliative Care: A Qualitative Study Simha, Srinagesh Noble, Simon Chaturvedi, Santosh K Indian J Palliat Care Original Article AIMS: Spiritual concerns are being identified as important components of palliative care. The aim of this study was to explore the nature of spiritual concerns in cancer patients undergoing palliative care in a hospice in India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The methodology used was a qualitative method: Interpretive phenomenological analysis. A semi-structured interview guide was used to collect data, based on Indian and western literature reports. Certain aspects like karma and pooja, relevant to Hindus, were included. Theme saturation was achieved on interviewing 10 participants. RESULTS: The seven most common spiritual concerns reported were benefit of pooja, faith in God, concern about the future, concept of rebirth, acceptance of one's situation, belief in karma, and the question Why me? No participant expressed four of the concerns studied: Loneliness, need of seeking forgiveness from others, not being remembered later, and religious struggle. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms that there are spiritual concerns reported by patients receiving palliative care. The qualitative descriptions give a good idea about these experiences, and how patients deal with them. The study indicates the need for adequate attention to spiritual aspects during palliative care. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3775032/ /pubmed/24049350 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.116716 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Palliative Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Spiritual Concerns in Hindu Cancer Patients Undergoing Palliative Care: A Qualitative Study
title_full_unstemmed Spiritual Concerns in Hindu Cancer Patients Undergoing Palliative Care: A Qualitative Study
title_short Spiritual Concerns in Hindu Cancer Patients Undergoing Palliative Care: A Qualitative Study
title_sort spiritual concerns in hindu cancer patients undergoing palliative care: a qualitative study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049350
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.116716
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