Spirituality in Hospice Care : How Staff and Volunteers Can Support the Dying and Their Families.

Intro -- Spirituality in Hospice Care: How Staff and Volunteers Can Support the Dying and Their Families, edited by Andrew Goodhead and Nigel Hartley -- Foreword by The Rt Revd Dr Barry Morgan -- Introduction by Nigel Hartley and Andrew Goodhead -- 1. What is Spiritual Pain? A Hospice Chief Executive Officer's Perspective by Nigel Hartley -- 2. The Need to Be Present to the Patient: A Spiritual Care Lead's Perspective by Andrew Goodhead -- 3. Relationship, Not Intervention: A Palliative Physician's Perspective by Ros Taylor -- 4. Offering Hope in Healthcare: A Physiotherapist's Perspective by Becky McGregor -- 5. Relationship and Resilience: A Hospice Volunteer's Perspective by Pippa Hashemi -- 6. Total Pain and Diversity: An Educator's Perspective by Linda McEnhill -- 7. Exploring Spiritual Pain through the Arts: A Psychotherapist's Perspective by Olwen Minford -- 8. Working with the Tension of Spirituality and Religion: A Chaplain's Perspective by Bob Whorton -- 9. Spirituality and Vocation: A Nurse's Perspective by Liz Arnold -- 10. Practising Spiritual Care: Perspectives of Three Palliative Care Social Workers by Kostas Kontelias, Sally Mercer, Ninon Van der Kroft -- Conclusion by Andrew Goodhead and Nigel Hartley -- Subject Index -- Author Index -- Blank Page.

An edited collection that offers personal and professional perspectives of what spiritual care is and how it can be understood in relation to end of life and palliative care. With contributions from doctors, artists, volunteers and more, this book shows how spiritual care is not just the prerogative of chaplains.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.