Religions | |
Spiritual Needs of Patients with Chronic Diseases | |
Arndt Büssing1  | |
[1] Center of Integrative Medicine, Quality of Life, Spirituality and Coping, University Witten/Herdecke, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, 58313 Herdecke, Germany | |
关键词: spiritual needs; chronic disease; coping; | |
DOI : 10.3390/rel1010018 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
For many patients confronted with chronic diseases, spirituality/religiosity is an important resource for coping. Patients often report unmet spiritual and existential needs, and spiritual support is also associated with better quality of life. Caring for spiritual, existential and psychosocial needs is not only relevant to patients at the end of their life but also to those suffering from long-term chronic illnesses. Spiritual needs may not always be associated with life satisfaction, but sometimes with anxiety, and can be interpreted as the patients’ longing for spiritual well-being. The needs for peace, health and social support are universal human needs and are of special importance to patients with long lasting courses of disease. The factor,
【 授权许可】
CC BY
© 2010 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
【 预 览 】
Files | Size | Format | View |
---|---|---|---|
RO202003190051765ZK.pdf | 134KB | download |