Faith and palliative care

A Partnership of Care in Low- And Middle-Income Countries

Bibliographic Data

ID4942329
AuthorsLorna Grant (0000-0001-7248-7792, North-West State Technical University, corresponding author), Elizabeth Grant (0000-0001-6554-5288), Mhoira Leng (0000-0003-1449-0437), Elizabeth Namukwaya (0000-0001-5241-2742), Ivan Odiit Onapito, K Kimani (0000-0002-8422-5527), Julia Downing (0000-0002-3450-785X)
Year2017
Volume27
Issue5
Pages610-621
Publication date2017-07-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2017.1330400
OpenAlexW2738254622
LanguageEN
References cited24

The provision of holistic palliative care has been identified by WHO as a human right, important for all people, at all ages, with all life-limiting illnesses. When faced with death and dying, issues of meaning and relationships with others, the world, and with the sacred are intensified even more in communities where faith and spiritual beliefs have a significant place. Being able to understand the significance of dying and interpreting the experience and period of living with life-limiting illness, presents an important challenge for palliative care. This article sets out the contribution that faith communities have made in understanding the significance of spiritual issues in health and in delivering palliative care in lower to middle-income contexts where palliative care has been prioritised

Alternative medicine · Economic growth · End-of-life care · Faith · General partnership · Health care · Limiting · Palliative care · Political science · Sociology · Spiritual care · Spirituality · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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