Spiritual Care in N.H.S.Scotland
The Perspective of a Hospital Physician
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v6i1.29Keywords:
healthcare, religion, medicineAbstract
A retired hospital physician considers the practical implications of the Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) Guidelines on Spiritual Care in the NHS Scotland. Whilst welcoming the move toward the recovery of a spiritual dimension in health care, and the recognition of the specialist role of hospital chaplains, he expresses two concerns. The first is the danger of too superficial and ill-defined an attitude to the spiritual need of patients. The other is whether the rank and file of healthcare workers will be prepared to give time to this additional burden, or feel equipped to do so.
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HARPER M., TROUGHTON T. 2001 Spirit, mind and body. British Medical Association News, 2nd June.
JUNG CG. 1933 Modern man in search of a soul. Kegan Paul, London.
LLOYD-JONES M.1957 Medicine and the whole man. In the Service of Medicine; 9. Christian Medical Fellowship, London.
FOSTER T. 2001 Dying for a drink. British Medical Journal 323: 817-8.
BONAR A. 1859 The Visitor¹s Book of Texts 3rd Ed. James Nisbet and Co, London.
SACKS J. 2002 Spirituality is escapist, shallow and self-indulgent The Times, Aug 24th.
LEWIS CS. 1940 The problem of pain The Centenary Press, London
Published
2013-05-21
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How to Cite
Short, D. (2013). Spiritual Care in N.H.S.Scotland: The Perspective of a Hospital Physician. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 6(1), 29-32. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v6i1.29
