Abstract

ARENAS-MASSA, Ángela; NOCETTI-DE LA BARRA, Alejandra  and  FRAILE-DUCVIQ, Carmen Gloria. SPIRITUALITY IN PALLIATIVE CARE AIMED AT THE ELDERLY. pers.bioét. [online]. 2020, vol.24, n.2, pp.136-150.  Epub Nov 27, 2020. ISSN 0123-3122.  https://doi.org/10.5294/pebi.2020.24.2.2.

In the last decade, spirituality has been studied in oncological palliative care for the elderly from quantitative, qualitative, and mixed perspectives. The study seeks to reveal the meaning of spirituality in this context. It reviews indexed literature from the MEDLINE database through PubMed between 2009 and 2019, which was accessed online, in full text, anonymously, and in English and Spanish. Revista Medicina Paliativa was manually searched. The results include 50 subject-relevant articles and four categories. It is concluded that there are challenges related to the meaning of spirituality and quality of life, education, and research perspectives.

Keywords : spirituality; piety; quality of life; oncological palliative care; training; elderly.

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