Although research on existential concerns has slowly emerged in recent years, there remains a scarcity of studies about how existential issues are understood, managed and treated in palliative care settings [ 1].
But beyond matters of economics and employment, there is something more existential revealed by the research into reactions to black-sounding names: when people assume black people to be bigger than they actually are, it creates a justification that they are a threat.
Previous research into existential issues of patients with serious illnesses emphasizes the importance of meaning-making and redefining one's purpose in life [ 14, 28, 29].
However, to date no other research with an existential focus has looked at what stillbirth actually means to women.
In light of the growing body of palliative care research, spiritual and existential care for the dying is seen to be an integral component of holistic, compassionate and comprehensive palliative care [ 4, 16– 16].
Kathryn Schulz, the author of "Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error," calls regret an "existential wake-up call" and shares research about our top regrets.
It is an "existential" problem.Last autumn the Runnymede Trust, a research body, published the largest-ever survey of British voting by ethnic background.
Other research shows that increasing existential anxiety by reminding people of their own mortality influences attitudes toward hypothetical political candidates [8], actual political figures, and foreign-policy strategies [9], [10].
As such, the researchers concluded that "future research exploring the beneficial effects of Dignity Therapy will help unravel the psychological, spiritual, and existential complexities for an individual facing death…" (p. 9).
The funds go to the Future of Life Institute (FLI), an organization run by volunteers dedicated to research aimed at "mitigate[ing] existential risks facing humanity," and specifically those related to our ongoing progress towards AI that can approach human capabilities.
