Spiritual Experiences of Transcendence in Patients With Advanced Cancer

@article{Renz2015SpiritualEO,
  title={Spiritual Experiences of Transcendence in Patients With Advanced Cancer},
  author={M. Renz and M. S. Mao and Aurelius Gabriel Omlin and Daniel Bueche and Thomas Cerny and Florian Strasser},
  journal={American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine{\textregistered}},
  year={2015},
  volume={32},
  pages={178 - 188}
}
  • M. Renz, M. S. Mao, +3 authors F. Strasser
  • Published 1 March 2015
  • Medicine, Philosophy
  • American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®
Purpose: Spirituality encompasses a wide range of meanings between holistic wellbeing and mysticism. We explored advanced cancer patients' spiritual experiences of transcendence. Methods: A total of 251 patients with advanced cancer were included and observed (participant observation) over 12 months by a psycho-oncologist/music-therapist. She recorded and documented patients' spontaneously expressed spiritual experiences during hospitalisation. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was… 
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