Spirituality in Renal Supportive Care: A Thematic Review.

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Spirituality in Renal Supportive Care: A Thematic Review.

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Chronic kidney disease is marked by a reduced life expectancy and a high symptom burden. For those who reach end-stage renal disease, the prognosis is poor, and this combined with the growing prevalence of the disease necessitates supportive and palliative care programmes that will address people's psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs. While there is variation between countries, research reveals that many renal specialist nurses and doctors are reluctant to address spirituality, initiat...

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2015-11

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Egan, Richard / Wood, Sarah / MacLeod, Rod / Walker, Robert

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/65656

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chronic kidney disease / end-of-life / palliative care / religion / renal supportive care / spirituality / 4203 Health Services and Systems / 4205 Nursing / 42 Health Sciences / Behavioral and Social Science / Pain Research / Chronic Pain / Kidney Disease / 7.3 Management and decision making / 7.2 End of life care / 7 Management of diseases and conditions / Renal and urogenital / 3 Good Health and Well Being / 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences

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