SPIRITUAL CARE IN HEALTH CARE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v7i1.21Keywords:
chaplaincy, spiritual care, support, narrative theory, spiritualityAbstract
Effective spiritual care must truly interact with its recipients in order to discern need and to engage in a mutual process of exploration. Spiritual carers should be a resource in the individual's search for meaning and purpose, and a support through the sometimes painful re-examination of beliefs in the face of some life crisis. To be effective the carer must have personally engaged with the existential issues which arise. Support for spiritual caregivers is essential in order to increase self knowledge, address sources of anxiety, and work through the difficult feelings which engagement with another person at this level will arouse.
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SPECK P (1998b) The meaning of spirituality in illness. In Cobb M, Robshaw V eds. The Spiritual Challenge of Health Care. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
STOTER D (1995) Spiritual Aspects of Health Care. London: Mosby.
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CLARKE A-M (2001) Spirituality and well-being in elderly people undergoing elective hip and knee replacement surgery. Unpublished BSc thesis: Southampton University UK.
COLEMAN P, MILLS M, MCKIERNAN F, SPECK P (2002) Spiritual beliefs and quality of life: The experience of older bereaved spouses. Quality in Ageing. Vol 3, 1. 20-26.
FEHER S, MALY RC. (1999) Coping with breast cancer in later life: the role of religious faith. Psycho-Oncology. 8 (5), 408-416.
HERMANS HJM (1992) Telling and retelling one’s self-narrative: A contextual approach to life-span development. Human Development, 35, 361-375.
HERMANS HJM, KEMPEN HJC & vanLOON RJP 1992 The dialogical self: Beyond individualism and rationalism. American Psychologist, 47, 23-33.
KING M, SPECK P, THOMAS A (1999) The effect of spiritual beliefs on outcome from illness. Social Science and Medicine. 48, 1291-1299.
KING M, SPECK P, THOMAS A (2001) The Royal Free Interview for Spiritual and Religious Beliefs: Development and validation of a self-report version. Psychological Medicine. 31; 1015-1023.
KOENIG HG (1994) Religion and hope for the disabled elder. In Levin JS (ed) Religion in Aging and Health – theoretical foundations and methodological frontiers. Sage. London
KOENIG HG (1997) Is religion good for your health? Effects of religion on mental and physical health. Haworth Press. New York
MCILLMURRAY MB, FRANCIS B et al (2003) Psychosocial needs in cancer patients related to religious belief. Palliative Medicine. 17 (1); 49-54.
MURRAY SA, KENDALL M et al (2004) Exploring the spiritual needs of people dying of lung cancer or heart failure: a prospective qualitative interview study of patients and their carers. Palliative Medicine. 18 (1); 39-46.
NHS TRAINING DIRECTORATE (1993) Healthcare Chaplaincy Standards. Bristol: NHS Training Directorate.
ORCHARD H ed. (2001) Spirituality in Health Care Contexts. London: Kingsley.
PARGAMENT KI (1997) The Psychology of Religion and Coping: theory, research, practice. Guildford Press: New York.
PARGAMENT KI, KOENIG HG, PEREZ LM (2000) The many methods of religious coping: development and initial validation of the RCOPE. Journal of Clinical Psychology 56, 519-543.
SPECK P (1994) Working with dying people – on being good enough. In: Obholzer A & Roberts V. The Unconscious at Work: individual and organisational stress in the human services. Routledge, London.
SPECK P (1998) Spiritual issues in palliative care. In: Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine eds. Doyle D, Hanks G, MacDonald M. OUP, Oxford.
SPECK P (1998b) The meaning of spirituality in illness. In Cobb M, Robshaw V eds. The Spiritual Challenge of Health Care. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
STOTER D (1995) Spiritual Aspects of Health Care. London: Mosby.
WALTER T (1997) The ideology and organization of spiritual care: three approaches. Palliative Medicine. 11: 21-30.
WALTER T (2002) Spirituality in palliative care: opportunity or burden? Palliative Medicine 16: 133-139.
WRIGHT MC (2002) The essence of spiritual care: a phenomenological enquiry. Palliative Medicine 16: 125-132.
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2013-04-10
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Speck, P. (2013). SPIRITUAL CARE IN HEALTH CARE. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 7(1), 21-25. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v7i1.21
