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Spirituality in Health and Nursing CarePrimary Author: Doreen Westera, Memorial University.
This is a series of videos pertinent to nursing and allied health education. It includes videos on:
Date Last Modified 01/01/2009
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Spiritual Care & Emotional Support in Healthcare: Physician's ManualPrimary Author: Mark Reeves, UCSD Medical Center This physician manual, created by a winner of the GWish Spirituality and Medicine Curricular and Residency Training Program Award, contains much information specific to the UCSD Medical Center but can serve as a model for others.
Date Last Modified 12/31/2008
Manual/guide
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Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing PracticePrimary Author: Verna Benner Carson, Staff Builders Home Health and Hospice The second edition of this paperback book provides "perspectives on new research in the spiritual dimensions of nursing care, applying nursing theory to spiritual care, and addressing the spiritual needs of both nurses and patients."
Date Last Modified 10/01/2008
Book
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Addressing Patients Spirituality in Medical TreatmentPrimary Author: Marc Galanter, NYU School of Medicine
Article published in Primary Psychiatry [2008;15(9):82-90].
Date Last Modified 09/01/2008
Article
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The Essential Elements of Spirituality in the End-of-Life CarePrimary Author: Katrina M. Scott, MDiv, BCC, Massachusetts General Hospital The National Consensus Projects Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, published in 2004, defines eight domains of care essential to palliative care clinical practice. The National Quality Forums 2006 document, A National Framework and Preferred Practices for Palliative and Hospice Care Quality: A Consensus Report, which is based on the Guidelines, identifies 38 evidence-based preferred practices for palliative care. This article demonstrates how the Guidelines and Preferred Practices may be operationalized in practice, focusing specifically on Domain 5 of the Guidelines, Spiritual, Religious and Existential Aspects of Care, which incorporates many pertinent aspects of hospice and palliative care related to addressing the spiritual needs of the dying patient and his or her family. In particular, the article addresses methods for assessing the need for spiritual care; methods for communicating with the patient and family about the need for spiritual care; the role of the spiritual adviser on the interdisciplinary palliative care team; the advantages of including certified chaplains on the palliative team; the need for sensitivity toward culture and religious diversity in administering spiritual care; the need for specialized palliative care spiritual advisors to build relationships with community clergy; and more.
Date Last Modified 09/01/2008
Article, Clinical practice guidelines
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