Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare (Oxford Textbooks in Public Health) by Puchalski, Christina M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword Preface List of Contributors Section I Traditions

1. Medicine and religion: a historical perspective 2. Buddhism: perspectives for the contemporary world 3. Chinese religion: Taoism 4. Christianity 5. Feminist spirituality 6. Indian religion and the Ayurvedic tradition 7. The western humanist tradition 8. Indigenous spiritualties 9. Islam 10. Judaism 11. ‘New Age’ spirituality 12. Philosophy 13. Secularism 14. Sikhism

Section II Concepts

15. Healthcare spirituality: a question of knowledge 16. Personhood 17. Belief 18. Hope 19. Meaning making 20. Compassion: luxury or necessity? 21. Dignity: a novel path into the spiritual landscape of the human heart 22. Cure and healing 23. Suffering 24. Ritual 25. Culture and religion

Section III Practice

26. Models of spiritual care 27. Healthcare chaplaincy 28. Complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine 29. Restorative medicine 30. Nursing 31. Faith community (parish) nursing 32. Psychiatry and mental health treatment 33. Social work 34. Care of children 35. Care of elderly people 36. Palliative care 37. Spirituality and the arts: discovering what really matters 38. Care of the soul 39. Counselling 40. Dignity conserving care: research evidence 41. Pastoral theology in healthcare settings: blessed irritant for holistic human care 42. Next steps for spiritual assessment in healthcare

Section IV Research

43. Methodology 44. Measures 45. On the links between religion and health: what has empirical research taught us? 46. Quality of life 47. Cognitive sciences: a perspective on spirituality and religious experience 48. Spiritual Well-Being Scale: mental and physical health relationships 49. Prayer and meditation 50. Resiliency and coping 51. Spiritual experience, practice, and community

Section V Policy and Education

52. Policy 53. Healthcare organizations: corporate spirituality 54. Utility and commissioning of spiritual carers 55. Social care 56.Curriculum development, courses, and CPE

57. Competences in spiritual care education and training 58. Guidance from the humanities for professional formation 59. Training and formation: a case study 60. Interdisciplinary teamwork 61. Ethical principles for spiritual care

Section VI Challenges

62. Contemporary spirituality 63. The future of religion 64. The future of spirituality and healthcare

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