The spiritual challenge of health care / edited by Mark Cobb, Vanessa Robshaw.

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 1998.Description: x, 206p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780443059209 (pbk.) :
0443059209

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DDC classification:

610.73069 COB

Contents:

Summary: Written for professionals who value the human relationship side of care and who want to deal with the spiritual dimensions of people, this book draws from a number of traditions to argue that medicine must be both a science and an art.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection	610.73069 COB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		121532

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: body and soul?--2. Spiritual care, health care: what's the difference?--3. The meaning of spirituality in illness--4. The re-enchantment of health care: a paradigm of spirituality--5. Faith as the 'space between'.--6. Spirituality and the world faiths--7. Faith and belief: a sociological perspective--8. Assessing spiritual need: an examination of practice--9. The nurse's role in spiritual care--10. Spirituality and the scientific mind: a dilemma for doctors--11. The notion of spiritual care in professional practice--12. Spirituality and hospice care--13. Spiritual values in a secular age.

Written for professionals who value the human relationship side of care and who want to deal with the spiritual dimensions of people, this book draws from a number of traditions to argue that medicine must be both a science and an art.