Spiritual Care, Health, and Wellbeing in Palliative Care

Dear Colleagues,

Palliative care is integral to the care of people living with life-limiting conditions, and the spiritual aspect of palliative care is the key to holistic and compassionate support. This Special Issue aims to highlight and disseminate the multiplicity of research exploring the multifaceted dimensions and approaches relevant to spiritual care, health and wellbeing in the context of palliative care.

We seek to bring together a diverse collection of research papers specifically addressing spirituality in palliative care, health and wellbeing. We invite contributions related, but not limited, to the following areas:

• The role of spirituality and religion in coping with life-threatening illnesses;
• Assessing and enhancing spiritual care practices in palliative care settings;
• The impact of spiritual care on the physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual wellbeing of patients and their families;
• Integrating spiritual care into interprofessional palliative care teams;
• Cultural and ethical considerations, and challenges when providing spiritual care for diverse populations;
• Innovative approaches and interventions for addressing existential and spiritual suffering in palliative care;
• Education and training for healthcare professionals in the delivery of spiritual care;
• Patient and family perspectives on the importance of spiritual care in palliative settings;
• Research methodologies and measurement tools for assessing the impact of spiritual care within palliative care.

In this Special Issue, we welcome original studies using qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods, and (all kinds of) reviews.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Bella Vivat
Guest Editor

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• spiritual wellbeing
• chronic long-term health conditions
• palliative care
• end-of-life care
• supportive care