Friday 17 November 2017

A systematic review of religious beliefs about major end-of-life issues in the five major world religions

Supportive and Palliative Care 2017 15(5) 609-22
Rajshekhar Chakraborty, Areej R. El-Jawahri, Mark R. Litzow, Karen L Syrjala, Aric D. Parnes, Shahrukh K. Hashmi

The objective of this study was to examine the religious/spiritual beliefs of followers of the five major world religions (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism) about frequently encountered medical situations at the end of life (EoL).

Fulltext available in  Supportive and Palliative Care