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Spiritual Care through the Lens of Portuguese Palliative Care Professionals: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis

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dc.contributor.authorMatos, Juliana
dc.contributor.authorQuerido, Ana
dc.contributor.authorLaranjeira, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-03T13:37:09Z
dc.date.available2024-09-03T13:37:09Z
dc.date.issued2024-02-13
dc.descriptionFunding: This work is funded by national funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (UIDB/05704/2020 and UIDP/05704/2020) and under the Scientific Employment StimulusInstitutional Call (https://doi.org/10.54499/CEECINST/00051/2018/CP1566/CT0012, accessed on 30 December 2023).pt_PT
dc.descriptionThis article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations in Palliative Psychology: Tools for Managing Stress, Decision Making and Bereavement between Prevention, Engagement, Resilience and Spirituality.pt_PT
dc.description.abstractProviding spiritual care is paramount to patient-centered care. Despite the growing body of data and its recognized importance in palliative care, spiritual care continues to be the least advanced and most overlooked aspect. This study aims to explore the perceptions and experiences of spiritual care from the perspective of PC professionals and identify their strategies to address spiritual care issues. Data were collected through semi-structured personal interviews and managed using WebQDA software (Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal). All data were analyzed using thematic content analysis, as recommended by Clark and Braun. The study included 15 palliative care professionals with a mean age of 38.51 [SD = 5.71] years. Most participants identified as lacking specific training in spiritual care. Thematic analysis spawned three main themes: (1) spiritual care as key to palliative care, (2) floating between “shadows” and “light” in providing spiritual care, and (3) strategies for competent and spiritual-centered care. Spiritual care was considered challenging by its very nature and given the individual, relational, and organizational constraints lived by professionals working in palliative care. With support from healthcare institutions, spiritual care can and should become a defining feature of the type, nature, and quality of palliative care provision. Care providers should be sensitive to spiritual needs and highly skilled and capable of an in-the-moment approach to respond to these needs. Further research on educating and training in spiritual care competence is a priority.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMatos, J.; Querido, A.; Laranjeira, C. Spiritual Care through the Lens of Portuguese Palliative Care Professionals: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis. Behav. Sci. 2024, 14, 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14020134pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/bs14020134pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2076-328X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/9985
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)pt_PT
dc.relationCenter for Innovative Care and Health Technology
dc.relationCenter for Innovative Care and Health Technology
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dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/2/134pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectSpiritual carept_PT
dc.subjectQualitative studypt_PT
dc.subjectPalliative carept_PT
dc.subjectProfessionalspt_PT
dc.subjectSufferingpt_PT
dc.subjectEnd of lifept_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.titleSpiritual Care through the Lens of Portuguese Palliative Care Professionals: A Qualitative Thematic Analysispt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F05704%2F2020/PT
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oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage134pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleBehavioral Sciencespt_PT
oaire.citation.volume14pt_PT
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