Innovations in End-of-Life Care
an international journal of leaders in end-of-life care

Selected articles by contributors to this issue:

Dom H. Spiritual care, need and pain–recognition and response. European Journal of Palliative Care. 1999;6(3):87-90.

O’Connell LJ. The role of religion in health-related decision making for elderly patients. Generation. Winter 1994;17(4):27-30.

O'Connell LJ. The spiritual side of dying. Bioethics Forum. 1997;13(4):3-6.

Post SG, Puchalski CM, Larson DB. Physicians and patient spirituality: Professional boundaries, competency and ethics. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2000;132(7):578-583.

Puchalski CM, Larson DB. Developing curricula in spirituality and medicine. Academic Medicine. 1997;73(9):970-974.

Puchalski CM. A spiritual history. Supportive Voice. Summer 1999;5(3):12-13.

Other selected references

Byock I. Beyond symptom management: Growth and development at the end of life. The European Journal of Palliative Care. 1996;3(3):125-130.

Byock I. Dying Well: The Prospect for Growth and Development at the End of Life. New York: Riverhead, 1997.

Charmaz K. Loss of self: A fundamental form of suffering in the chronically ill. Sociology of Health and Illness. 1983;5(2):168-195.

Colorado Collaboration on End-of-Life Care. Five Themes for Caring: Spiritual Care Giving Guide. Denver, Colorado: Program in Health Care Ethics, Humanities and Law, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1999.

Copp L. The nature and prevention of suffering. Journal of Professional Nursing. 1990;6(5):247-249.

Crowley DM. Pain and Its Alleviation. Los Angeles: Regents of the University of California, 1962.

Doka K, and Morgan J (eds.) Death and Spirituality. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Co., 1999. For extensive review see: http://www.growthhouse.org/books/doka895.htm

Feagin OT (guest editor). Special issue: Spirituality and the physician-patient relationship. Medical Encounter. Winter 1998.13(4).

Ferrell B, Taylor E, Sattler G, Fowler M, Cheyney B. Searching for the meaning of pain: Cancer patients, caregivers, and nurses' perspectives. Cancer Practice. 1993;1(3):185-194.

Ferrell B, Zichi-Cohen M, Rhiner M, Grant M. Pain as a metaphor for illness, Part I: Impact of cancer pain on family caregivers. Oncology Nursing Forum. 1991; 18(8):1303-1309.

Ferrell B, Zichi-Cohen M, Rhiner M, Rozek, A. Pain as a metaphor for illness, Part II: Family caregivers' management of pain. Oncology Nursing Forum. 1991;18(8):1315-1321.

Frankl VE. Man’s Search for Meaning. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1987.

Hardwig J. Spiritual issues at the end of life: A call for discussion. Hastings Center Report. 2000;30(2):28-30.

Harrington A. Spiritual care: What does it mean to RNs? Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. Winter 1995;12(4):5-14.

Hatch RL, Burg MA, Naberhaus DS, Hellmich LK. The spiritual involvement and beliefs scale: Development and testing of a new instrument. The Journal of Family Practice. 1998;46:476-486.

Holland JC, Kash KM, Passik S, Gronert MK, Sison A, Lederberg M, Russak SM, Baider L, Fox B. A brief spiritual beliefs inventory for use in quality of life research in life-threatening illness. Psycho-Oncology. 1998;7:460-469.

Kearney M. Mortally Wounded: Stories of Soul Pain, Death and Healing. New York: Touchstone/ Simon & Schuster, 1996.

Kolcaba K. A taxonomic structure for the concept comfort. Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 1991;23(4):237-240.

Kolcaba K. Holistic comfort: Operationalizing the construct as a nurse-sensitive outcome. Advances in Nursing Science. 1992;15(1):1-10.

Lynn J, Harrold J & the Center to Improve Care of the Dying. Chapter 3: Finding Meaning. In Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness, 27-38. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

McBride JL, Arthur G, Brooks R, Pilkington L. The relationship between a patient's spirituality and health experiences. Family Medicine. 1998;30(2):122-6.

McLeod BW. Caregiving: the Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss and Renewal. New York: John Wiley & Sons.1999.

Neuberger J. Judaism and palliative care. European Journal of Palliative Care. 1999;6(5):166-168.

O'Brien ME. Spirituality in Nursing: Standing on Holy Ground. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2000.

Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith and Ethics. Religious Traditions and Health Care Decisions. 1996. A series of booklets available from the Park Ridge Center http://www.prchfe.org/

Post-White J, Ceronsky C, Kreitzer MJ, Nickelson K, Drew D, Mackey KW, Koopmeiners L, Gutknecht S. Hope, spirituality, sense of coherence, and quality of life in patients with cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum. 1996;23(10):1571-1579.

Ross L. The spiritual dimension: Its importance to patients' health, well-being and quality of life and its implications for nursing practice. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 1995;32(5):457-468.

Ruth JR, Carson V, Soeken KL. Religon and adult mental health: State of the science in nursing. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 1995;16:345-360.

Singh, KD. The Grace in Dying: How We Are Transformed Spiritually As We Die. San Francisco: Harper, 1998.

Speck P. Spiritual issues in palliative care. In Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine,2^nd ed. D Doyle GWC Hanks, N MacDonald, eds., 805-814. Oxford: Oxford University Press,1998.

Spirituality in Healthcare Organizations. The Park Ridge Center Bulletin. November/December 1999.

Spross JA. Pain, suffering, and spiritual well-being: Assessment and interventions. Quality of Life-A Nursing Challenge. 1993;2(3):71-79.

Stiles M. The shining stranger: Nurse-family spiritual relationship. Cancer Nursing. 1990;13(4):235-245.

Sulmasy DP. The Healer’s Calling: A Spirituality for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals. Mahwah,NJ: Paulist Press. 1997.

Sundblom DM, Haikonen S, Niemi-Pynttari J, Tigerstedt I. Effect of spiritual healing on chronic idiopathic pain: A medical and psychological study. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 1994;10:296-302.

Taylor EJ, Ersek M. Ethical and spiritual dimensions of cancer pain management. In Cancer Pain Management, 2^nd ed. DB McGuire, CH Yarbro, BR Ferrell, eds., 41-60. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1995.

Vastyan JEA. Spiritual aspects of the care of cancer patients. Ethics and Cancer. New York: American Cancer Society, 1986.

Young A, Leslie, CM (eds.) Paths to Asian Medical Knowledge (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care). Berkeley: University of California Press. 1992.

Ziegler J. Spirituality returns to the fold in medical practice. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 1998;90:1255-1256.