Ritualization as Alternative Approach to the Spiritual Dimension of Palliative Care: A Concept Analysis

The spiritual dimension is considered to be a central component of palliative care. However, healthcare professionals have difficulties incorporating the spiritual dimension into their everyday practice. We propose a new approach by looking beyond the mere functionality of care practices. Rituals an...

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Autores principales: van der Weegen, Kim, Hoondert, Martin, Timmermann, Madeleine, van der Heide, Agnes
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6842334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30955118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00792-z
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description The spiritual dimension is considered to be a central component of palliative care. However, healthcare professionals have difficulties incorporating the spiritual dimension into their everyday practice. We propose a new approach by looking beyond the mere functionality of care practices. Rituals and ritualized practices can serve to express and communicate meanings and values. This article explores how ritualized practices have the ability to open up space for the spiritual dimension of care in the context of palliative care.
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spelling pubmed-68423342019-11-22 Ritualization as Alternative Approach to the Spiritual Dimension of Palliative Care: A Concept Analysis van der Weegen, Kim Hoondert, Martin Timmermann, Madeleine van der Heide, Agnes J Relig Health Article The spiritual dimension is considered to be a central component of palliative care. However, healthcare professionals have difficulties incorporating the spiritual dimension into their everyday practice. We propose a new approach by looking beyond the mere functionality of care practices. Rituals and ritualized practices can serve to express and communicate meanings and values. This article explores how ritualized practices have the ability to open up space for the spiritual dimension of care in the context of palliative care. Springer US 2019-04-06 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6842334/ /pubmed/30955118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00792-z Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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