Table 1 Content of the 6S Model [8, 9]
Self-image | The individual person’s self-description – who is the person and what is of central importance in his or her life? |
Self-determination | The individual person’s wishes and needs to be a co-actor in his or her life. How dependent is the person, and is there a way to support him or her to achieve autonomy? |
Social relationships | Ways to support the individual person to maintain important social relationships in the way he or she wishes. |
Symptom control | The individual person’s experiences of physical and bodily needs. This includes experiences of unpleasant physical changes that need to be alleviated. |
Synthesis and summation | Seeing the individual person’s spiritual and existential needs in retrospect and creating continuity and meaning in the death of a significant other. |
Surrender | Seeing the individual person’s spiritual and existential needs moving forward and creating meaning and acceptance. |