Saturday, 3 March 2012

Terminally Ill Cancer Patients-Cancer Treatment Center-Psychotherapy-Spirituality

Meaning-based therapy may aid terminal patients

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Psychotherapy focused on spirituality and finding meaning may help improve quality of life and well-being in terminally ill cancer patients, suggests a new study from a large cancer treatment center. The talk therapy sessions only seemed to provide a short-term benefit -- though researchers said that was reasonable given that many of the study participants were near the end of their lives, with progressively worsening disease. ... read more..

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