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<journal-id>0484-7903</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de anestesiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. anestesiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0484-7903</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Anestesiología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0484-79032025000100063</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/118375</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Espiritualidad en cuidados paliativos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Spirituality in palliative care]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aréchiga-Ornelas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guillermo Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara Hospitalario de Cuidados Paliativos y Dolor Hospital General de Occidente]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>48</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>63</fpage>
<lpage>66</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0484-79032025000100063&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0484-79032025000100063&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0484-79032025000100063&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La espiritualidad y la religión son a veces confundidas en términos de su significado y su aplicación. La religión se basa en un constructo humano relacionado a creencias por lo general material, mientras que la espiritualidad implica lo relacionado a lo no material que denota una conexión con nosotros mismos, la naturaleza y un sentido a nuestra vida o muerte que no necesita de una religión. Hay una escasa formación médica en la educación espiritual y se necesita de mayor investigación en esta área básica para los pacientes y sus médicos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Spirituality and religion are sometimes confused in terms of their meaning and application. Religion is based on a human construct related to generally material beliefs, while spirituality implies what is related to the non-material that denotes a connection with ourselves, nature and a meaning to our life or death that does not need a religion. There is little medical training in spiritual education and more research is needed in this basic area for patients and their doctors.]]></p></abstract>
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