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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, Second Edition Primary Author: National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Developed by a consortium of organizations, the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care apply to specialist-level palliative care (e.g., palliative care teams) delivered in a wide range of treatment settings and to the work of providers in primary treatment settings where palliative approaches to care are integrated into daily clinical practice. Domain 5 of the guidelines covers Spiritual, Religious and Existential Aspects of Care. Date Last Modified 01/01/2009 Clinical practice guidelines, Report/Document/Book chapter

A Dictionary of Patients' Spiritual & Cultural Values for Health Care Professionals Primary Author: HealthCare Chaplaincy This is "a guide that is meant to describe beliefs and practices generally found within a particular cultural or religious group." The purpose is to help healthcare providers meet the Joint Commission's requirement for addressing and maintaining patient rights for their cultural, religious, spiritual, and personal values, and religious and other spiritual practices to be accommodated. Sections include: Western Religions: Comparison of Jewish, Christian and Muslim Traditions; Judaism; Christianity; Christian Science; Eastern Orthodox; Jehovah's Witness; Mormonism; Protestantism; Roman Catholicism; Seventh-day Adventism; Islam (Muslim); Sunni vs. Shiite Eastern Religions: Buddhism; Hinduism; Sikhism Other Religions: Baha'i; Native American; Rastafarian Movement; Santeria; Voodoo; Wicca Major American Cultures: African-American/Black Culture; Hispanic-American Culture; Native American Culture African Cultures: Somali-American Culture; Caribbean Cultures; Cuban-American Culture; Haitian-American Culture; Jamaican-American Culture Middle East/South Asian Cultures: Arab-American Culture; East Indian-American Culture; Iranian-American Culture East Asian Cultures: Chinese-American Culture; Filipino-American Culture; Japanese-American Culture; Korean-American Culture; Vietnamese-American Culture Euro-Asian Cultures: Gypsy/Roma Culture; Russian-American Culture Date Last Modified 09/01/2009 Manual/guide, Report/Document/Book chapter

Spiritual and Religious Care Capabilities and Competencies for Healthcare Chaplains Primary Author: NHS Education for Scotland Framework for capabilities and assessment for healthcare chaplains working in Scotland. This framework can be used for self-assessment; a means of planning personal development; a means of planning team development; a guide to developing education and training; as a guide to developing work-based learning. Date Last Modified 01/01/2008 Report/Document/Book chapter, Measure/Rating scale

Voicing the Spiritual: working with people with dementia Primary Author: Jim Simpson, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen Report from a project that aimed to work with older people with dementia and their carers to develop, implement, and evaluate a spiritual care intervention designed to help patients and their carergivers remain connected with their communities and their spiritual lives. The project also sought to support the staff working with the patients. Date Last Modified Report/Document/Book chapter

How can I incorporate spirituality into the curriculum at my medical school? Primary Author: Harold G. Koenig, Duke University Medical Center Chapter from Dr. Koenig's book, Spirituality in Patient Care: Why, How, When, and What, 2nd ed. (Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2007), pages 175-87. This chapter presents "a model course outline for integrating spirituality into patient care that can be used in medical schools, medical or psychiatry residencies, psychology or counseling programs, nursing schools, schools of social work, and in training programs for physical and occupational therapists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other health care professionals". This includes discussion of structure and timing, form of the curriculum, content, and adaptation of the content. Date Last Modified 12/31/2007 Report/Document/Book chapter, Article