Open AccessSpirituality-focused palliative care to improve indonesian breast cancer patient comfort
Author(s) -
Tuti Nuraini,
Andrijono Andrijono,
Dewi Irawaty,
Jahja Umar,
Dewi Gayatri
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_5_18
Subject(s) - palliative care , spirituality , medicine , breast cancer , coping (psychology) , referral , anxiety , nursing , quality of life (healthcare) , family medicine , clinical psychology , cancer , psychiatry , alternative medicine , pathology
Palliative care is an approach that focuses on improving a patient's quality of life. This research aimed to develop a path model of the relationships between the variables of nursing care (information, emotional support, technical support, and palliative care), patient coping, family support, patient spirituality, and patient comfort expressed through physical and emotional mediators.