DRILLAUD, Frédérique; SAUSSAC, Camille; KEUSCH, Florence; LAFAYE, Danièle; BELY, Hélène; AVEROUS, Véronique; FRASCA, Matthieu; BAUDRY, Patrick; BURUCOA, Benoît

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OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 2020-09, vol. 85, n° 4, p. 915-935

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The WHO has included the spiritual dimension in its definition of palliative care since 1990, but this dimension is frequently confused with notions of religion. Yet, the spiritual suffering experienced by palliative care patients is primarily a matter of existential suffering. The objective of this study was to examine the ways in which the existential dimension was manifested in the experiences of those present in a palliative care unit. This anthropological monograph was conducted in a palliative care unit in a French University Hospital. The existential dimension appears to reside in the connections between individuals and the proximity of death appears to shed new light on the meaning of life. The mirror effect of death on life, could serve to encourage greater appreciation of the value of our connections with others, and the desire to take care of others, which offers new insight into forms of solidarity and social organisation.< Réduire

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