This thesis focuses upon the emergence of a new phenomenon in the late nineteenth century: institutional provision for the 'respectable poor' medically certified as 'dying'. For the first time this group was identified as having special medical, nursing and spiritual needs which could only be provided by trained staff through an institutional medium. Through a comparative study of three institutions founded in London - St Joseph's Hospice, the Hostel of God and St Luke's House - this study aims firstly, to understand why homes for the dying were set up during this period; secondly, to explore their foundation and development up to 1938; and thirdly, to situate them within the broader context of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. It argues that the homes were essentially a response to three perceived deficiencies in care for the dying 'respectable' poor which became apparent to certain groups and individuals at this time: a paucity of medical provision, inadequacies in domiciliary care and a lack of spiritual ministration. As religious and philanthropic institutions, the homes were very much influenced by wider developments in these areas, particularly moral attitudes towards the poor and the Churches' concern to counter what were seen as widespread working class religious indifference. The different denominational basis of each home (Catholic, Anglo-Catholic and Methodist) was important in determining perceptions of death and dying and how patients' deathbed experiences were portrayed, while their varying management structures had profound implications for subsequent development. In particular the homes provide an insight into the tensions that can arise when modernising influences encounter strong prevailing traditions. An increasingly modernising and secularising medical and social climate posed considerable challenge to institutions set up with the primary objective of caring for patients' souls and the homes responded to it in different ways.

Question: What are the features of the spiritual care of patients with cancer within hospice and the acute hospital? Objectives: To identify: guidelines relating to spiritual care, the means whereby spiritual needs are assessed key features of spiritual care, perceptions of spiritual care stakeholders, perceptions of health professionals, patients and relatives. Methods: A mixed method design incorporating three phases. Phase I-a survey of the views of chaplains in 151 hospices and 195 trusts. Phase II -a phenomenological enquiry into the perceptions of spiritual care amongst 16 stakeholders. Phase III -a multiple case study in 4 health settings. Data handling: Phase I data: collected by postal questionnaire; analysed using SPSS. Phase II data: collected by recorded interviews; analysed using NUD*IST software. Phase III data: collected from case studies involving observation, documentation and recorded interviews; analysed using NUD*IST software and biographical and documentary techniques. Conclusions: Spiritual care is founded on the assumption that all people are spiritual beings. It affirms the value of each person and acknowledges the search for meaning in the big questions of life and death. Institutions determine the spiritual needs of patients using both formal and informal means. Such needs are met through the provision of physical resources and human resources. Chaplains figure prominently, although a broad view of spirituality is currently attracting a wider ownership. Within both settings, chaplaincy is almost exclusively Christian. Hospices with funded chaplaincy provide a higher level of service than hospices with voluntary chaplaincy. There is a greater demand for religious care in hospitals rather than hospices. Illness may prompt a patient's spiritual (re-) awakening, articulated through religious imagery possibly stretching back to childhood. Patients' non-religious needs include someone to listen and to 'be there'. Religious (Christian) needs centre around holy communion, prayer and worship.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes special report study entitled: Heaven on earth. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes special report study entitled : Heaven on earth. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 223-234). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Habilitationsschrift--Sozialgeschichte--Köln. / Bibliogr. p. 232-256. Index.

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree Master of Science in Nursing, Faculty of Health sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. Johannesburg, 2018. / Design and Methods A qualitative descriptive design was used for this study and conducted 22 in-depth interviews purposively selected. Sample size was determined by data saturation and qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the data. The inclusion criteria were 18 years and older, ability to speak basic English, identified by the patient as the primary caregiver and willingness to participate. Findings: Participants had different relationships with the sick person; however, caring for a sick mother was the most common. Three themes arose from the data: emotional responses towards the care giver role, personal cost of care giving and spiritual issues relating to care giving. Caring for a person with cancer in the last phase of life was not easy. Participants were overwhelmed by the care responsibilities. Some could not cope with the new role as they were emotionally distressed. Participants were financial burdened by the care needs of the patients; care giving was costly while others sacrificed their source of income to provide care. Most participants used religious practices to cope with their situation. Conclusion: Caring for cancer patients at the last phase of life was not an easy task. Participants were overwhelmed by the responsibilities and demands of caregiving. Most participants were emotionally exhausted and drained and feeling inadequate to perform these responsibilities. The financial burden was related to the care needs of the sick person. The caring role lead to some participants losing their jobs to provide care to their sick loved one. / LG2018

Diss.--Philosophische Fakultät--Universität Freiburg in der Schweiz, 2001. Titre de soutenance : Die Architekturgeschichte des Luzerner Armenspitals im Mittelalter und in der frühen Neuzeit, mit Vergleichen zu anderen Spitalbauten in der Eidgenossenschaft. / Bibliogr. (vol. 1), p. 243-269. Index.

Thesis (M.A.)--Acadia University, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.A.)--Acadia University, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.