Treating Body and Soul : A Clinicians' Guide to Supporting the Physical, Mental and Spiritual Needs of Their Patients.

Intro -- Treating Body and Soul: A Clinicians' Guide to Supporting the Physical, Mental and Spiritual Needs of their Patients, edited by Peter Wells -- Introduction: Why Bother? Does It Really Matter? by Peter Wells -- 1. Spirituality and the Ethics of Professional Responsibility by Bobbie Farsides -- 2. General Practice: The Soul of the Matter by Josephine DeBono -- 3. Mental Health -- Part 1. Minding the Spirit by Tim Ojo -- Part 2. The Broken Spirit by Andy Nutall -- 4. Gynaecology: Care for the Whole by Peter Larsen-Disney -- 5. Neonatal Care by Cathy Garland -- 6. Paediatric: The Unfinished Consultation by Somnath Mukhopadhyay -- 7. Radiotherapy - Head and Neck: Chickens or Nuns: Working Out What Is Important by Pat Shields -- 8. Dementia: How the Humanities Can Help Us Confront the Demons of Practice by Muna Al-Jawad -- 9. Renal: Advanced Kidney Disease by Adam MacDiarmaid-Gordon -- 10. Stroke: The Heart of the Matter by Nicola Gainsborough -- 11. Palliative Care in the Community: Looking in 'Hidden Places' - Assessing Spiritual Pain and Distress by Rachel Reed and Nigel Spencer -- Afterword: So Body and Soul Do Matter, But… by Peter Wells -- Index -- Blank Page.

In this book, healthcare professionals share their experiences of enquiring into the spiritual needs of their patients. Each using their own style of research, they discover that recognising patients' spiritual requirements allows the whole team to improve the level of care provided in a variety of medical settings.

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