The basic tenets of palliative care are frequently subsumed under the goal of helping patients
to die with dignity. Our research group has studied the issue of dignity, with dying patients …

… Many patients raised issues related to the theme of generativity; for example one 36-year-old
woman dying of metastatic breast cancer said, “I’m very happy to have participated in this …

… Like the 4 or 5 weeks that I was on morphine I’m not aware of that time in my life at all…
lost it completely. I’ve seen pictures of myself at the table having Christmas dinner and I don’t …

Background Dignity therapy is a unique, individualised, short-term psychotherapy that was
developed for patients (and their families) living with life-threatening or life-limiting illness. We …

Background Considerations of dignity are often raised in reference to the care of dying patients.
However, little research that addresses this issue has been done. Our aim was to identify …

Objective:The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of dignity therapy for the
frail elderly.Method:Participants were recruited from personal care units contained within a …

Quality palliative care depends on a deep understanding of distress facing patients nearing
death. Yet, many aspects of psychosocial, existential and spiritual distress are often …

Background: Several studies have been conducted examining the notion of dignity and how
it is understood and experienced by people as they approach death. Objective: The purpose …

This study examined concurrent influences on the will to live in 189 patients with end-stage
cancer. The authors found significant correlations between the will to live and existential, …

… Hack, and M. Harlos contributed to the protocol design; T. Hassard and HM Chochinov to
the analysis of the data. All team members contributed to the task of data collection and data …