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dc.contributor.authorMcGrath, Pamela Della
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Emma
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-30
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T22:13:25Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T22:13:25Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2011-08-24T07:13:33Z
dc.identifier.issn1054-1373
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/40246
dc.description.abstractThe cultural differences between the dominant Anglo-Australian and the Aboriginal Australian groups are significant, particularly in the way death is dealt with. It is thus extremely important for health care professionals caring for Aboriginal people with a terminal illness to be informed as fully as possible on Indigenous spiritual beliefs associated with death and dying. This article shares findings on Aboriginal spiritual perspectives relevant to the care of individuals coping with a terminal illness from a study in the Northern Territory. The findings emphasize the multiplicity of Aboriginal spiritual perspectives on serious illness and dying, which can juxtapose both Christian and traditional beliefs, as well as the importance for the well-being of Aboriginal persons of respecting these beliefs. The role and importance of traditional healing, the medicine man, and the preferred place of death are also discussed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBaywood Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.publisher.urihttp://baywood.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,5,5;journal,13,50;linkingpublicationresults,1:103734,1
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom153
dc.relation.ispartofpageto171
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalIllness, Crisis and Loss
dc.relation.ispartofvolume16
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode119999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.titleAboriginal spiritual perspectives: Research findings relevant to end-of-life care
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codec1x
gro.facultyGriffith Health Faculty
gro.rights.copyright© 2008 Baywood Publishing. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2008
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gro.griffith.authorMcGrath, Pamela D.


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