Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-142) and index.
Contents
The palliative care quadrilateral -- Spiritual care, pastoral care and Christianity -- Understanding spirituality -- Being specific -- Science, medicine and spirituality -- Transcendence and the nature of spirituality -- Soul -- The challenge of spirituality -- Expressions of the spiritual -- Religion -- Sacred and secular -- Spirituality of a new age -- Dying and death: a spiritual place? -- Death is nothing -- Facing death -- The rituals of death -- After death -- Who cares for the spirit? -- Recognizing a need -- Chaplains -- Nurses -- Spiritual care and the team approach -- The place of spirituality in palliative care -- Is spirituality intrinsic to palliative care? -- The organization of spirituality -- New directions in spiritual care -- A professional approach to spiritual care -- Professional practice -- Standards of care -- Knowledge, skills and training -- Developing spiritual care -- Spiritual pluralism -- The presence of religion -- Exploring death -- Spiritual care by whom? -- The directions of spiritual care -- A professional spiritual care?
Summary
Holistic models of palliative care frequently refer to spirituality as an important element. But what is meant by spirituality and how do we provide spiritual care? This work looks at how it is experienced and expressed in terminal care.