Religion and spirituality in end-of-life care

Rhonda Shaw; Bruce Stevens

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_150-1

Religion and spirituality in end-of-life care

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As the world’s population ages, the number of people requiring end of life care will increase raising questions about what constitutes quality and effective of end of life care. End of life care is defined here as “the part of palliative care that is directed towards the care of persons who are nearing end of life” it focuses on “maintaining quality of life while offering services for legal matters” (Krau 2016 p. x). Importantly, end of life care aims to allow people to die with dignity

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging
Editors	Danan Gu, Matthew Dupre
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	R
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030220099
ISBN (Print)	9783030220082
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_150-1
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 10 May 2019

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