Spirituality in hospice palliative care / edited by Paul Bramadat, Harold Coward, and Kelli I. Stajduhar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bramadat, Paul, 1967-

Coward, Harold G.

Stajduhar, Kelli I.

Series:

SUNY Series in Religious Studies

SUNY series in religious studies

SUNY series in Religious Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terminal care--Religious aspects.

Terminal care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This groundbreaking book addresses the spiritual aspect of hospice care for those who do not fit easily within traditional religious beliefs and categories. A companion volume to Religious Understandings of a Good Death in Hospice Palliative Care, this work also advocates for renewed attention to the spiritual, the often overlooked element of hospice care. Drawing on data from clinical case studies, new sociological research, and the perspectives of agnostics, atheists, those who emphasize the spiritual rather than institutional dimensions of a traditional religion, and the rapidly growing cohort of those who describe themselves as spiritual-but-not-religious, the contributors to this volume interpret the shift from predominantly Christian-based pastoral services to a new approach to "the spiritual" shaped by the increasing diversity of Western societies and new understandings of the nature of secular society. How do we speak of this "spirituality?" How do we use it in a way that enables caregivers to assist patients? Clinicians and policy makers will appreciate the book's practical recommendations regarding staff roles, training, and resource allocation. General readers will be moved by the persuasive call for greater religious and spiritual literacy at every level of health care in order to respond to the full spectrum of human needs in life and in death.

Contents:

Hospice and the politics of spirituality / Kathleen Garces-Foley

Spiritual care in nursing: following patients and families' view of a good death / Anne Bruce and Kelli I. Stajduhar

Religion, spirituality, medical education, and hospice palliative care / Paul Bramadat and Joe Kaufert

Research and practice: spiritual perspectives of a good death within evidence-based health care / Shane Sinclair and Harvey Max Chochinov

Hospice chaplains, spirituality, and the idea of a good death / W. Wilson Will III

Personal perspectives

Tragedy and the eternal yea: a personal reflection on atheism / Patrick Grant

Spirituality unhinged / Elizabeth Causton

Final reflections on spirituality in hospice palliative care / Paul Bramadat and Kelli I. Stajduhar.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4619-3704-3

1-4384-4779-5