Sielovadinis palydėjimas paliatyvioje slaugoje kaip pagalba sergančiajam jo kančios akivaizdoje
Pastoral Counseling in Palliative Care as Assistance to the Patient in the Face of their Sufferin

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the conception, principles and significance of palliative care for the patient, as well as the need for pastoral counselling. The author discusses the possibilities and developmental assumptions for interaction of palliative care and pastoral counselling in health care institutions. Great attention is given to the conceptions of suffering in the Bible and to their interaction with presently available and possible pastoral counselling of ill people. The article presents partial results of empiric qualitative research which reveals the patients’ experiences in the face of illness, their emotions, empathies and necessary assistance. The need for pastoral counselling providing spiritual, emotional and psychological support not only to the patients, but also to their relatives and to the medical staff in healthcare institutions is analysed.

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