Andrea Carolina Benites

• Ph.D. Psychology; MSW Social Work Student
• Research Assistant at University of Toronto

Although spirituality can be a source of support during end-of-life and engage a transformative experience after loss, few studies report family members' spiritual and existential needs considering their experiences over time. We conducted a longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis from audio-recorded interviews of 10 family caregivers...

Purpose Facing the end of life may trigger significant distress in family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer. However, few studies have addressed the spiritual and existential concerns of these family caregivers in their end-of-life care journey. This study aimed to understand the spiritual and existential experience of family caregivers o...

Introduction: Spirituality is a multidimensional aspect of human experience. In the context of palliative care, it is an individual resource that can be used to cope with illness and to assign new meanings to suffering. Qualitative studies that aim to investigate the experience of spirituality and the needs of family caregivers in this context are...

Este estudo teve por objetivo identificar e analisar os fatores terapêuticos presentes em um grupo de apoio a mulheres que se encontravam em acompanhamento em um serviço de reabilitação psicossocial no contexto do câncer de mama.

Resumo Este estudo teve por objetivo compreender as vivências de pacientes com câncer em cuidados paliativos e o significado da espiritualidade ante a dor do adoecimento e a possibilidade de morte. Participaram 10 pacientes adultos e idosos com diagnóstico de câncer avançado, atendidos na enfermaria de cuidados paliativos/dor de um hospital oncológ...