AIDS Therapies

Center To Study 'Spiritual Palliation' For AIDS End-Of-Life Patients

Published in AIDS Weekly, November 12th, 2001

The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, part of the Yale School of Medicine, has been awarded a two-year, nearly $200,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the benefits of a meditation and massage-intervention program for people with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) at the end of life.

Working in collaboration with Leeway, Inc., a skilled AIDS nursing facility in New Haven, and Ruth McCorkle of the Yale University School of Nursing, the study will determine the effectiveness of meditation and/or massage in improving patients' perceived quality of life.

"In terminal illness, quality of life remains important, as...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2001-11-12)

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