ROSAS-JIMENEZ, Carlos Alberto    DIAZ-DIAZ, Álvaro. Listening: A Fundamental Element in the Spiritual Care of Palliative Care. []. , 21, 2, pp.280-291. ISSN 0123-3122.  https://doi.org/10.5294/pebi.2017.21.2.8.

Palliative care seeks to offer holistic care in order to provide a better quality of life for the sick, particularly when they are nearing the end of their existence. Delving into the spiritual dimension of the human person is attractive, since it offers answers to the meaning of life. It has been found that spiritual care brings great benefits to patients. That is why in this paper we wish to delve into the importance of the spiritual dimension in palliative care; we highlight the act of listening as a key piece of spiritual care, which shows that the doctors’ burnout is the main obstacle to enhance listening as a suitable provision that is both comforting and healing.

: Palliative care; spirituality; listening; bioethics; burnout.

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