Hospice and the Politics of Spirituality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13627883 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen Garces-Foley (0000-0003-0958-1481, Marymount University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-136 |
| Publication date | 2006-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/53lr-wbr4-g89t-ewbn |
| PMID | 17165229 |
| OpenAlex | W1977092500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 24 |
Within the hospice literature, spirituality and religion are usually defined in opposition to one another, with religion negatively associated with the external, authoritarian doctrines of Christianity and spirituality positively associated with the free search for truth, meaning, and authenticity. According to survey data, however, most Americans integrate spirituality and traditional religious commitments. The hospice literature is promoting spirituality to its own detriment by alienating potential patients and depriving religious patients of the resources that religious traditions and their affiliated religious communities have to offer
Authoritarianism · Christianity · Democracy · Environmental ethics · Meaning (existential · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Spirituality · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Social Psychology · Theological Perspectives and Practices
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A Qualitative Exploration of Spiritually Sensitive Hospice Care
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Why different countries manage death differently
Acceptance of dying
Sharing the journey
Death
Reinventing American Protestantism
Bowling alone
The Varieties of Religious Experience
Originating a movement
Secularisation and the Future of Christianity
Nursing, professionalism, and spirituality
Hospice Access and Use by African Americans
The institutionalization of the good death
Developments in Spiritual Care of the Dying
The routinization of hospice
The spiritual dimension of hospice
Buddhism, Hospice, and the American Way of Dying
Religion in Modernity as a New Axial Age
Religion and Spirituality
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |