Beschreibung
Autorenporträt
Associate Professor Megan C Best is a Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics and Society at the University of Notre Dame Australia, and an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Sydney Medical School. She is Director of Ethicentre and a member of the European Association of Palliative Care Spiritual Care Reference Group and the international Joint Research Council for chaplaincy research. She has over 30 years experience as a palliative care physician, medical ethicist and researcher. She developed her interest in spirituality in healthcare when she observed the importance of meaning-making for her patients at the end of life. Her research on the spiritual care of patients has influenced the development of training for healthcare professionals internationally and she runs a comprehensive research program focusing on ways to develop whole person care at the end of life.
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Springer Verlag GmbH
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E-Mail: juergen.hartmann@springer.com
