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existential suffering: a standalone construct

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Palliative care

distress at the end of life arising from loss of meaning, purpose, identity or connection, separate from physical symptoms.

In palliative care, existential suffering refers to distress at the end of life arising from loss of meaning, purpose, identity or connection, separate from physical symptoms. This meaning comes from Boston (2011) in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.[1]

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Boston, P., Bruce, A., & Schreiber, R. (2011). Existential Suffering in the Palliative Care Setting: An Integrated Literature Review. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 41(3), 604-618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.05.010

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