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Meaning in life of terminally ill parents with minor children compared to palliative care patients - a quantitative analysis using SMiLE.

Henning CuhlsMichaela HesseGregory HeuserLukas RadbruchGülay Ateş
Published in: Palliative care and social practice (2024)
The involvement with SMiLE led patients to consider their coping resources. The areas relevant to terminally ill parents differed from those relevant to palliative care patients. All participants identified family as the most important factor for MiL. The results suggest that evaluating MiL can serve as a coping strategy and help terminally ill parents with minor children.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • palliative care
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • prognostic factors
  • young adults
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • advanced cancer
  • mass spectrometry
  • social support