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Area of Science:

  • Palliative Care
  • Existential Psychology
  • Logotherapy

Background:

  • Terminally ill patients and their families often face profound suffering.
  • Finding meaning is crucial for psychological well-being during end-of-life care.
  • Palliative care aims to improve quality of life, which includes addressing existential concerns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the application of logotherapy in helping terminally ill patients and families find meaning.
  • To examine the core principles of logotherapy relevant to end-of-life care.
  • To present practical logotherapeutic approaches for meaning-making in the face of terminal illness.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of logotherapy principles.
  • Examination of logotherapy's dimensional ontology.
  • Application of logotherapeutic strategies to palliative care contexts.

Main Results:

  • Logotherapy posits the "will to meaning" as a primary human motivator.
  • Dimensional ontology distinguishes between "having" a body/mind and "being" a spirit.
  • Patients can find meaning by transcending illness and connecting to values or loved ones.

Conclusions:

  • Patients are spiritual beings, distinct from their physical or psychological illnesses.
  • Acknowledging a life already lived meaningfully provides unconditional value.
  • Logotherapy offers a framework to support existential resilience in terminally ill patients.