Religion and spirituality have been linked to medicine and to healing for centuries. However, in the early1900’s the Flexner report noted that there was no place for religion in medicine; that medicine was strictly ascientific ...

All health care providers may be confronted by a Muslim patient, but many health care professionals arelacking basic knowledge on the Muslim faith and medical ethics based on Islamic law (Shariah). One mustendeavour to ...

The majority of patients treated for cancer will have pain at some point in their journey. Suffering and deathare common events in cancer patients. Palliative care has been very successful in reducing the discomfortcaused ...

Understanding of cultural context is important when working with Palestinian patients, particularly in Israelihospitals. Cultural competence includes individual assessment of communication needs and preferences. "Thisis ...

Hope is the foundation of the cancer patients world and it is when the darkness is most profound that hopeemerges as the true reality. Hope remains the patients inner strength, a dynamism that grows more powerfuleven as ...

Pain is a significant problem in patients with cancer. Pain occurs in approximately 50% of patients at somepoint during the disease process and in up to 75% of patients with advanced cancer. Total pain impacts qualityof ...

In 1961 the "Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs" was adopted by the United Nations to explicitly addressthe need for narcotic drugs to curtail suffering and keep the distribution of these drugs in the control of ...

Introduction. Sultanate of Oman is the second largest country in the Gulf, with a population of 2,867,428 (2008) of which 35.2% is under 15 years and only 3.7% above 65 years. Incidence of newly diagnosed cancers is also ...

Morphine is one of the more ancient medicines known, yet the global access to this opioid is still severelylimited. In spite of the fact that strong networks for national, regional and global care have been emerging, ...

For centuries, medical and surgical treatment has emphasized saving the life of the patient rather thanameliorating the patient’s pain, particularly when there were few options for the latter. Today at the dawn of the21st ...

The goal of this review is to discuss the psychiatric aspects of pain in cancer patients from a biopsychosocialapproach. Pain in cancer patients is considered as a complex reaction causing severe suffering and involvesmany ...

Technological advances in medicine allow health care providers to diagnose diseases earlier, diminish suffering,and prolong life. These advances, although widely revered for changing the face of cancer care, come at a ...

Spiritual pain/suffering is commonly experienced by persons with life-limiting illness and their families.Physical pain itself can be exacerbated by non-physical causes such as fear, anxiety, grief, unresolved guilt,depression ...