Sexual Functioning in Men Living with a Spinal Cord Injury-A Narrative Literature Review.

Background: Sexual dysfunction is a major concern for Indian men living with a spinal cord injury.

Objectives: To examine the literature related to sexuality traumatic cord injury and its impact on sexual functioning.

Materials And Methods: Databases using Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) 2000-2012, Medline 1989-2012, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) 1989-2012 and Google Scholar were the search engines used used for literature review.

Views and attitudes towards sexual functioning in men living with spinal cord injury in kerala, South India.

Context: Sexual dysfunction is a major concern for Indian men living with a spinal cord injury. Few first-hand reports exist about the experience of living with an altered sense of sexual identity and the inability to express sexual concerns.

Aims: In this qualitative study, the authors explore views and attitudes towards sexual functioning in men living with a spinal cord injury in Kerala, India.

Obesity literacy and culture among African American women in Florida.

Objective: To explore causal explanations of obesity among African-American women of diverse weight across the life spectrum.

Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with adult African-American women of healthy weight (N = 10), overweight (N = 10), and obese weight (N = 20) to evaluate the relationship between causal explanations of obesity and weight.

Results: Generally overlooked dimensions of health definitions were discovered.

Relieving existential suffering through palliative sedation: discussion of an uneasy practice.

Aim: This article presents a discussion of the use of palliative sedation in response to intractable (not responsive to treatment) existential suffering.

Background: Patients suffering from a terminal illness are often faced with severe symptoms at the end of life. Although palliative sedation is sometimes used when no other options are effective in relieving unbearable pain or suffering, its use in response to intractable existential suffering in terminal illness remains controversial.

Longing for ground in a ground(less) world: a qualitative inquiry of existential suffering.

Background: Existential and spiritual concerns are fundamental issues in palliative care and patients frequently articulate these concerns. The purpose of this study was to understand the process of engaging with existential suffering at the end of life.

Methods: A grounded theory approach was used to explore processes in the context of situated interaction and to explore the process of existential suffering.

Existential suffering in the palliative care setting: an integrated literature review.

Context: Existential and spiritual concerns in relation to palliative end-of-life care have received increasing attention over the past decade.

Objectives: To review the literature specifically related to existential suffering in palliative care in terms of the significance of existential suffering in end-of-life care, definitions, conceptual frameworks, and interventions.

Methods: A systematic approach was undertaken with the aim of identifying emerging themes in the literature.

Healing connections: on moving from suffering to a sense of well-being.

Life-threatening illness is an assault on the whole person--physical, psychological, social, and spiritual. It frequently presents caregiver and sufferer with a paradox--suffering does not correlate with physical well-being alone. Drawing on a purposive sample of 21 participants, a phenomenological study was carried out to explore the relevance of the existential and spiritual domains to suffering, healing, and quality of life (QOL).

The caregiver's perspective on existential and spiritual distress in palliative care.

There is a paucity of research relating to how palliative caregivers conceptualize, identify, and provide for spiritual and existential domains of care. Focus groups comprising experienced palliative care providers participated in three semistructured 2-2.5 hour interviews, which were transcribed and subjected to thematic analysis.