Self-Transcendence: A Resource for Healing at the End of Life
Issues in Mental Health Nursing January 1, 1996 Doris D. Coward, Pamela G. Reed 166 citations
Self-transcendence—reaching beyond personal boundaries—may serve as a resource for healing in people facing end-of-life issues from aging or life-threatening illness. It can foster a sense of well-being through an intensified awareness of wholeness and integration across all dimensions of being. This paper draws on clinical and empirical literature to propose a link between self-transcendence and healing, and suggests approaches nurses can use to facilitate self-transcendence.