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Dignity Therapy: A Novel Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Patients Near the End of Life


  Author: Harvey Max Chochinov, Thomas Hack, Thomas Hassard, Linda J. Kristjanson, Susan McClement, and Mike Harlos
Publisher: American Society of Clinical Oncology
Publication: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Document Date:                  August 20, 2005
Category: Public Policy > Euthanasia
Related Categories:
Public Policy > Demographics
Public Policy > Future of the Family
Public Policy > Health
 

This study examined a novel intervention, dignity therapy, designed to address psychosocial and existential distress among terminally ill patients. Dignity therapy invites patients to discuss issues that matter most or that they would most want remembered. Sessions are transcribed and edited, with a returned final version that they can bequeath to a friend or family member. The objective of this study was to establish the feasibility of dignity therapy and determine its impact on various measures of psychosocial and existential distress

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