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Wed 04 Apr 2009Cancer patients' spiritual needs highlighted
MOST HEALTHCARE professionals here do not receive training in how to address the spiritual or emotional needs of patients, and the stress of repeatedly witnessing pain and distress can have a detrimental effect on their own lives, a conference heard yesterday.
Research findings were also presented indicating that programmes such as “mindfulness”, stemming from meditation practices, reduced anxiety in cancer patients in hospitals and hospices internationally.
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