Spiritual assessment in healthcare practice /

Spiritual assessment in healthcare practice / edited by Wilfred McSherry and Linda Ross ; with a foreword by Dr. Androulla Johnstone. - Keswick, England : M & K, 2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 175 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Prelims; Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Why the increasing interest in spirituality within healthcare?; Chapter 2 The meanings of spirituality: a multi-perspective approach to 'the spiritual'; Chapter 3 Recognising spiritual needs; Chapter 4 Spiritual assessment: definition, categorisation and features; Chapter 5 The spiritual history: an essential element of patient-centred care; Chapter 6 Indicator-based and value clarification tools; Chapter 7 Assessing and improving the quality of spiritual care; Chapter 8 Dilemmas of spiritual assessment

There has been a groundswell of interest in and recognition of the importance the spiritual part of a person's life has to play in coping with/recovery from illness as well as in the attainment and maintenance of health, wellbeing and quality of life. Addressing the spiritual part of life is now a key part of the health care professional's job but this raises the question of how this part of life can be assessed and catered for and how health care professionals might be equipped for this task. Wilf McSherry and Linda Ross's new edited text tackles this very issue with contributors from different disciplines (including nursing, medicine, theology and chaplaincy) and countries (UK, USA, Malta) offering their own perspectives on this important part of care. Each chapter, therefore, has its own unique style but is concerned with one outcome, to see spiritual assessment and care as an integral part of holistic care whatever the setting.


English.

9781907830273 (electronic bk.) 1907830278 (electronic bk.) 1282790005 9781282790001 9786612790003 6612790008

9786612790003

279000 MIL


Spiritual care (Medical care)
Patients--Religious life.
Medicine--Religious aspects.
Religion and Medicine
Soins spirituels cliniques.
Patients--Vie religieuse.
Médecine--Aspect religieux.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Healing--General.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Alternative Therapies.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Healing.
MEDICAL--Healing.
Patients--Religious life.
Spiritual care (Medical care)


Electronic books.

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