Over the last decade, new information and communication technologies have lived a secret life. For individuals and institutions around the world, this constellation of mobile phones, personal computers, the internet, software, games, and other computing objects have supported a complex set of religious and spiritual needs. In this paper, I offer a survey of emerging and emergent techno-spiritua...

Authors: Sadie P. Hutson, Susan Gaskins, Joanne M. Hall, Kenneth D. Phillips Purposes/Aims: The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of end of life (EOL) needs from the viewpoints of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), including diverse subgroups living in Appalachian TN. Specifically, we aimed to assess the EOL care and service needs across physical, psychological, social, spiri...

As patients near the end of life, their spiritual and religious concerns may be awakened or intensified. Many physicians, however, feel unskilled and uncomfortable discussing these concerns. This article suggests how physicians might respond when patients or families raise such concerns. First, some patients may explicitly base decisions about life-sustaining interventions on their spiritual or...

Recent healthcare literature has shown an increasing interest in spiritual care and the way in which it supports patients as they deal with illness; but; as the body of evidence grows in many areas; the spiritual aspects of day surgery have been under-researched. The aims of this interpretive phenomenological study were to identify the patients’ spiritual needs and concerns prior to surgery bot...

To explore how medical students-the doctors of tomorrow-reflect upon meeting the spiritual needs of their patients, and whether they have reflected on their own religious or spiritual beliefs, or not. The study also investigates to what extent the students feel comfortable with addressing spiritual issues in their patient care, and whether they feel this is beyond their role as medical doctors....

During the past decades, spirituality and religion have regained their importance in health care, not only as a way of respecting decision-making autonomy patient but an element that influences clinical evolution quality life sick allowing to provide comprehensive care. The latter has resulted many countries guaranteeing spiritual care during hospitalizations by law. However, on one hand, atten...