Exercising Hope in Palliative Care Is Celebrating Spirituality: Lessons and Challenges in Times of Pandemic

Front Psychol. 2022 Jun 29;13:933767. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.933767. eCollection 2022.

Carlos Laranjeira^{1

2

3}, Filipa Baptista Peixoto Befecadu⁴, Maria Goreti Da Rocha Rodrigues^{5

6}, Philip Larkin⁴, Sophie Pautex⁷, Maria Anjos Dixe^{1

2}, Ana Querido^{1

2

8}

¹ School of Health Sciences of Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.
² Centre for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.
³ Research in Education and Community Intervention (RECI I&D), Piaget Institute, Viseu, Portugal.
⁴ Palliative and Supportive Care Service and Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ HESAV School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁶ High School of Health (HEdS), Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics, Palliative Medicine Division, University Hospital Geneva and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), NursID, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

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Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; continuing education; healthcare professionals; hope; palliative care; positive psychology; spirituality.