Spirituality in Healthcare: Perspectives for Innovative Practice
This book provides a condensed but comprehensive up-to-date overview of spirituality and its application to health care. The need for healthcare workers to provide spiritual care or meet patients’ spiritual needs is gaining increasing importance in nursin
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Spirituality in Healthcare: Perspectives for Innovative Practice
Fiona Timmins • Sílvia Caldeira Editors
Spirituality in Healthcare: Perspectives for Innovative Practice
Editors Fiona Timmins School of Nursing and Midwifery Trinity College Dublin Dublin Ireland
Sílvia Caldeira Institute of Health Sciences Catholic University of Portugal Lisbon Portugal
ISBN 978-3-030-04419-0 ISBN 978-3-030-04420-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04420-6 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
1 What Is Spirituality? �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1 Elizabeth Weathers 2 The Psychology of Spirituality and Religion in Health Care���������������� 23 Jan M. A. de Vries 3 Spiritual Assessment in Healthcare: An Overview of Comprehensive, Sensitive Approaches to Spiritual Assessment for Use Within the Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team���������������������������������������������������������� 39 Wilfred McSherry, Linda Ross, Karnsunaphat Balthip, Natasha Ross, and Sadie Young 4 Spirituality as a Public Health Issue: The Potential Role of Spirituality in Promoting Health���������������������������������������������������������� 55 Richard Egan and Fiona Timmins 5 Health Outcomes of Religious and Spiritual Belief, Behavior, and Belonging: Implications for Healthcare Professionals�������������������� 67 Elizabeth Johnston Taylor 6 Spirituality and Childbirth ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 83 Colm OBoyle and Vivienne Brady 7 Providing Spiritual Care: An Exploration of Required Spiritual Care Competencies in Healthcare and Their Imp
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