Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the religious/spiritual beliefs of
followers of the five major world religions about frequently encountered medical situations at …

Aim: Iran's health‐care system has witnessed profound changes in the last decades. Despite
its progress, the system has currently faced many challenges in one of the important …

Background Nurses are involved in providing end-of-life care for end stage individuals and
their self-efficacy is one of the key factors bearing on such care. The purpose of this study …

Background Multiple factors influence the end-of-life (EoL) care and experience of poor
quality services by culturally-and spiritually-diverse groups. Access to EoL services eg …

Objectives This study examined the effect of spiritual counseling on the spiritual well-being
of Iranian women with cancer. Design and setting a randomized clinical trial was conducted …

Background: Education about caring for dying patients could be effective in changing
nursing students' attitude toward caring for dying patients. Aim: The aim of the present study …

Objective: Palliative care requires nurses to be knowledgeable about different aspects of the
care that they provide for dying patients. This study, therefore, was conducted to examine …

Background Care for people with progressive illness should be person centered and
account for their cultural values and spiritual beliefs. There are an estimated 1.7 billion …

In Islam, religious directives regarding death are derived from the Quran and Islamic
tradition, but there is a variety of death rituals and practices, lived by Muslims across …

Dignity represents the essence of nursing care; hence, nurses are professionally
responsible for promoting understanding about the promotion, provision, and preservation of …