Implementing spiritual care at the end of life in Spain

In recent decades, Spain, traditionally a Catholic country, has gone through a sharp secularisation process. The latest figures show that approximately 70% of the adult population declare themselves to be Catholic – but among them, only 14% are regular churchgoers. Around 25% of adults define themse...

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Autores: Benito, Enric, Gomis Bofill, Clara, Barbero Gutierrez, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/3899
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/3899
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Malalts terminals
Cura dels malalts terminals
Espiritualitat
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Sumario:In recent decades, Spain, traditionally a Catholic country, has gone through a sharp secularisation process. The latest figures show that approximately 70% of the adult population declare themselves to be Catholic – but among them, only 14% are regular churchgoers. Around 25% of adults define themselves as atheists or non-believers. Nearly 3% declare themselves to be of other denominations, most of them being Muslims, Protestants, Jews and Buddhists.1 In parallel with the secularisation of Spanish society, new forms of worship, partly arising through the immigration of recent years, have contributed to a growing interest in spirituality conceived outside the framework of Catholicism.