Listening: a fundamental element in the spiritual care of palliative care

Authors

  • Carlos Alberto Rosas-Jiménez Author GRUPO KHEIRON BIOETICA UNISABANA.
  • Alvaro Díaz-Díaz Author UNIVERSIDAD CES, Medellín

Keywords:

Palliative care, spirituality, listening, bioethics, burnout

Abstract

Palliative care seeks to offer holistic care in order to provide a better quality of life for the sick, particularly when they are nearing the end of their existence. Delving into the spiritual dimension of the human person is attractive, since it offers answers to the meaning of life. It has been found that spiritual care brings great bene ts to patients. That is why in this paper we wish to delve into the importance of the spiritual dimension in palliative care; we highlight the act of listening as a key piece of spiritual care, which shows that the doctors’ burnout is the main obstacle to enhance listening as a suitable provision that is both comforting and healing. 

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Author Biographies

Carlos Alberto Rosas-Jiménez, GRUPO KHEIRON BIOETICA UNISABANA.

Biólogo, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.

Filósofo y Bachiller canónico en Filosofía, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.

Teólogo (c). Seminario Mayor San Pedro Apóstol, Santiago de Cali, Colombia.

Diploma y Magíster en BIoética. Univerisdad Libre Internacional de las Américas

Alvaro Díaz-Díaz, UNIVERSIDAD CES, Medellín

Médico y cirujano. Universidad CES, Medellín. 

Especialista en medicina interna (c). Universidad CES, Medellín. 

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Published

2017-11-02

How to Cite

Rosas-Jiménez, C. A., & Díaz-Díaz, A. (2017). Listening: a fundamental element in the spiritual care of palliative care. Persona Y Bioética, 21(2). Retrieved from https://personaybioetica.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/personaybioetica/article/view/7877

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2017)

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Articles

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