Policies and Tools for Hospital Palliative Care Programs: A Crosswalk of National Quality Forum Preferred Practices

Primary Author: The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)

This document provides a compilation of policies and tools to help palliative care programs meet the NQFs Preferred Practices. Page 59 contains a sample Spiritual Care Assessment form.

An Analysis of the Field of Spirituality, Religion and Health (S/RH)

Primary Author: David J. Hufford, Penn State College of Medicine

In-depth review from 2005 discussing the field of research into spirituality, health, and religion. This analysis was commissioned by the Metanexus Institute.

Spiritual Care Matters - An Introductory Resource For All NHS Scotland Staff

Primary Author: NHS Education for Scotland

Palliative Care Perspectives: Chapter 7: Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Care

Primary Author: James L. Hallenbeck, Stanford University and VA Palo Alto Health Care System

This is chapter 7 of the book Palliative Care Perspectives, published by Oxford University Press. This chapter covers spirituality in relation to palliative care, the FICA spiritual assessment tool, depression, anxiety, grief, and bereavement, among other topics.

ChiPPS Pediatric Palliative Care Newsletter Issue #10: Spirituality and Pediatric Palliative Care

Primary Author: National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)

This issue of the Children's Project on Palliative/Hospice Services (ChiPPS) Pediatric Palliative Care Newsletter focuses on Spirituality and Pediatric Palliative Care.

Articles include:

- Struggles with God by Lisa Buell
- The Importance of Meaning-Making: Where Spirituality and Grief Intersect by Elizabeth A. Keene Reder, MA, CT
- Spiritual Care of Children with Life-Limiting Illness by Paul Thayer, DMin
- When a Child Dies: Spiritual Struggles and Solace by Beth Seyda