Health Care & Spirituality: Listening, Assessing, Caring

by Richard Gilbert

Overview

Few areas in life have experienced the rapid pace of change that has been the experience of health care. It's an area where nothing feels "safe" and everything is threatened with reexamination and redefinition. Accompanying this situation is a new appreciation for the human spirit and the gift of things spiritual, including the soul of the work place. Addressing this situation is a vital new book "Health Care and Spirituality: Listening, Assessing, Caring" an anthology of the human predicament, the health care professional's story and the health care work place. "Health Care and Spirituality" explores this area that is continually being introduced to new treatments, new challenges, new people, new regulations, new expectations, and new time limits.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780895032508
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/15/2000
Series:	Death, Value and Meaning Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

The Rev'd. Richard B. Gilbert, D.Min., PhD., FAAGC, is the executive director of The World Pastoral Care Center. An ordained Anglican priest he has presented throughout the United States and internationally on bereavement, health care, spirituality and pastoral care

Table of Contents

Foreword, Preface, SECTION 1: Health Care and Spirituality: Professional Perspectives, SECTION 2: Health Care and Spirituality: Belief System Perspectives, SECTION 3: Health Care and Spirituality: Ethnic and Gender Perspectives, SECTION 4: Health Care and Spirituality: Patient Perspectives

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Lisa Stepp, PhD, RN, APN, AOCN, CRNH (Private Practice)
Description: In today's healthcare environment there is a never-ending struggle between humanity and technology. Still, the healthcare professional remains keenly aware that patients must have their spiritual as well as their physical needs met.
Purpose: The purpose of this book is to explore the spiritual care that clinicians provide in all areas of healthcare, not only at the end of life. The author discusses, through case study examples, how spirituality transcends the sterile environment of the hospital and how patients often need guidance when struggling with spiritual issues.
Audience: Healthcare providers and lay persons alike will benefit from the author's direct approach and style on this topic. The author has been intimately involved with patients and their spiritual needs. Speaking from experience, he provides useful knowledge regarding the spiritual needs of patients and family members.
Features: The book covers many aspects of spiritual care in varied patient populations. Most importantly, this book is not about religion but about the spiritual needs of an individual both during and at the end of life.
Assessment: Although spirituality in healthcare is not a new concept, there has been very little written on the subject. This book is a welcome addition to the existing body of knowledge.

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