The Spiritual Event of Serious Illness

Thought leaders in palliative care have long recognized the spiritual implications of illness, including Dame Cicely Saunders' groundbreaking concept of suffering as comprised of physical, emotional, social, and spiritual sources of pain. However despite such recognition, spirituality remains an oft-neglected component of the bio-psychosocial spiritual model of caregiving in serious illness. We aim in this manuscript to highlight, through an in depth account of patients' experiences and attitudes, the concept of illness as a "spiritual event."

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