spirituality Implementing spiritual care at the end of life: Portugal S Sílvia Caldeira, Sara Pinto andManuel Luís Capelas describe the provision of spiritual care at the end of life in portugal, focusing on the activities of the multidisciplinary spirituality group established by the portuguese palliative care association. [...] P ortugal has a resident population of two books haven been published discussing10,374,822 inhabitants.1 In 2011, the provision of spiritual care and the role of &Sílvia Caldeira 95.40% of the population considered chaplains in this field.7,8 the Portuguese law rn phd msc assistantprofessor, themselves to have a religion, and 81% of regarding spiritual assistance is not clear about researcher1 the. [...] Nurses tend to Research into spirituality The results recognise spirituality as an important in palliative care aspect of human existence, esspecially the development of palliative care in suggest that during times of need and illness, and they Portugal began with the establishment spirituality recognise that spirituality encompasses of the Portuguese Palliative Care more than religiosity. [...] Only four and their family, and so, spiritual care is instruments have been validated for the specific perceived as a dimension of holistic palliative context of palliative care.3–6 Despite the care that preserves dignity and helps patients to importance of all these studies, the vast majority find meaning in life and suffering. [...] in 2014, the of works are published in Portuguese and located APCP founded the Spirituality Group, which has in the Portuguese university repositories, which a multidisciplinary approach and aims to impedes dissemination of the knowledge promote reflection, intervention and research in produced in Portugal, but may also be this specific area, a theme often included in the understood as a positive.
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