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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 12.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2013 Jun 18;21(11):2991–2998. doi: 10.1007/s00520-013-1863-y

Table2.

Responses to selected questions

Questions No. of patients
(%)
What is your definition of spiritual care in your practice?(Please select 2 categories.)
  Alleviate spiritual/existential pain/suffering 115 (42.4)
  Offering emotional support as part of addressing psychosocial needs 135 (49.8)
  Helping patients’ illness narrative and life review 28 (10.3)
  Helping patients examine and reconstruct their spiritual beliefs answering specific spiritual concerns 48 (17.7)
  Offering spiritual practices such as prayer 23 (8.5)
  Helping patients find meaning in life through various therapies 0 (0%)

If you were to use spiritual practices, which ones would you choose to use? (Please check all that apply.)
  Music therapy 115 (42.4)
  Art therapy 80 (29.5)
  Dignity therapy 75 (27.7)
  Yoga therapy 73 (26.9)
  Healing touch 66 (24.4)
  Other 42 (15.5)
  None 36 (13.3)
  Logo therapy 23 (8.5)