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Issues in Mental Health Nursing

ISSN 0161-2840

2 papers in the library · 167 citations · publishing 1996-2026

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Self-Transcendence: A Resource for Healing at the End of Life

Issues in Mental Health Nursing 1996 Doris D. Coward, Pamela G. Reed 166 citations

An emerging body of theoretical and empirical knowledge links the concepts of self-transcendence and healing in persons facing end-of-life issues related to aging or life-threatening illness. Self-transcendence is postulated to be a resource for healing in that reaching beyond self-boundaries may lead to a sense of well-being derived from an intensified awareness of wholeness and integration...