宗教象徵物在臨終照護的意義

The Meaning of Religious Symbols in Palliative Nursing Care

尹亞蘭(Ya-Lan Yin) ； 蘇健裕(Chien-Yu Su) ； 蔡昌雄(Chang-Hsiung Tsai)

《安寧療護雜誌》 9卷1期 (2004/02) Pp. 65-74

https://doi.org/10.6537/TJHPC.2004.9(1).6

摘要

臨終病患使用宗教象徵物是臨床常見的現象。本文透過文獻探討的方式，了解到臨終情境下，病患之身體面、心理社會層面、靈性層面的變化以及時間的意義。並提出「整體性緩和照顧」的照顧模式。當臨終病患探尋靈性時，宗教象徵物是病患「希望的所在」、「關係的連結」、「獲得啟示」、「獲得自我滿足」的媒介物。故建議臨床實務工作者照護臨終病患時，應該提供一個尊重、傾德、接納、陪伴的環境，讓病患擁有不受限制的使用象徵物及自由表達、有所依靠的場所。

關鍵字

末期病患 ； 宗教象徵物 ； 靈性 ； 整體性緩和照護

並列摘要

To use religious symbols is a very common phenomenon for terminal patients in clinical observation. By way of literature review, we propose to understand the change of patients in terms of the aspects of physical, psychosocial, spiritual and temporal meaning. In addition, we present a model of “holistic palliative care.” When the dying patients search spirituality, the religious symbols are served e as the media through which they feel connected with those qualities like “hopefulness, “ “relationship, ” “revelation, ” and “selfsatisfcation.” As a result, we suggest that while caring the dying patients, the clinical staff should establish an environment inclusive of qualities such as respective, listening, receptive, and sharing. In such a place, they can freely use religious symbols, express their will, and feel supported.

並列關鍵字

terminal patient ； religious symbols ； spiritual ； holistic pallicative care