Reflecting on Clinical Practice Spiritual Care for Healthcare Professionals: Reflecting On Clinical Practice - Softcover

Tom, Gordon; Mitchell, David; Ewan, Kelly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846194555 ISBN 13: 9781846194559

Publisher: CRC Press, 1960

Synopsis

In the past 10 years spirituality and spiritual care have been much debated in professional healthcare literature, highlighting the need for a recognised definition of spiritual care to enable appropriate assessment of, and response to, spiritual issues. This accessible and highly relevant book surveys the numerous statements, guidelines and standards highlighted by these discussions, and equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills and competence to provide the essence of spiritual care within their professional practice. Practical and evidence-based, this manual proves that delivery of good, professional spiritual care can build on intuitive human skills, and can be taught, learned, assessed and quantified. It gives readers the opportunity to move on from uncertainties about their role in the delivery of spiritual care by allowing them to asses and improve their understanding, skills and clinical practice in this area of care. Spiritual Care for Healthcare Professionals clearly grounds spiritual care in clinical practice. It is highly recommended for supporting academic study and encouraging healthcare practitioners to reflect on their practice and develop skills in spiritual assessment and care. Aimed at all healthcare professionals, it can be used by individual practitioners for continuing professional development as well as by academic staff developing educational programmes.

About this title

About the Author

respectively Writer and Lecturer, former Parish Minister, Hospice Chaplain and spiritual care adviser, Marie Curie Cancer Care; Programme Director, Spiritual Care and Healthcare Chaplaincy, NHS Education for Scotland, Senior Lecturer in Pastoral Theology, University of Edinburgh; Parish Minister and Programme Leader for Healthcare Chaplaincy, University of Glasgow, Programme Leader, former Hospice Chaplain and Palliative Care Educator Foreword by Stephen Thornton CBE, Chief Executive

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1960
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846194555
• ISBN 13: 9781846194559
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 173