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A mobile hospice nurse teaching team’s experience: training care workers in spiritual and existential care for the dying - a qualitative study

Tornøe, Kirsten; Danbolt, Lars Johan; Kvigne, Kari; Sørlie, Venke (Journal article, 2015)

Background Nursing home and home care nursing staff must increasingly deal with palliative care challenges, due to cost cutting in specialized health care. Research indicates that a significant number of dying patients ...
The challenge of consolation: nurses’ experiences with spiritual and existential care for the dying-a phenomenological hermeneutical study

Tornøe, Kirsten; Danbolt, Lars Johan; Kvigne, Kari; Sørlie, Venke (Journal article, 2015)

Background: A majority of people in Western Europe and the USA die in hospitals. Spiritual and existential care is seen to be an integral component of holistic, compassionate and comprehensive palliative care. Yet, several ...