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Spirituality and Hospice Social Work / Ann Callahan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: End-of-Life Care: A SeriesPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231171724
  • 9780231543187
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.029 23
LOC classification:
  • R726.8 .C338 2017
  • R726.8
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. Understanding Key Components -- 1. Champion of Spiritual Care -- 2. Spiritual Diversity -- 3. Spiritual Needs -- 4. Spiritual Suffering -- Part Two. Facilitating Quality Spiritual Care -- 5. Relational Spirituality -- 6. Spiritual Care -- 7. Spiritual Sensitivity -- 8. Spiritual Competence -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary: Many hospice social workers must address spiritual issues with their clients, but do not feel competent to do so effectively. This targeted volume draws upon multidisciplinary theory and research to advance a relational model of spiritually sensitive hospice care. The book will help readers elevate their spiritual competence and foster a relationship with their clients that will enrich the experience for all involved.Spirituality and Hospice Social Work helps practitioners understand various forms of spiritual assessment for use with their clients. The book teaches practitioners to recognize a client's spiritual needs and resources, as well as signs of spiritual suffering. It also discusses religious and spiritual practices that clients may use to enhance their spiritual coping. Spirituality and Hospice Social Work stresses the need for interdisciplinary collaboration with other members of the hospice team, along with the value of maintaining professional ethical standards when addressing spiritual issues. Throughout, the importance of spiritual sensitivity and its effect upon client well-being is emphasized.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231543187

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. Understanding Key Components -- 1. Champion of Spiritual Care -- 2. Spiritual Diversity -- 3. Spiritual Needs -- 4. Spiritual Suffering -- Part Two. Facilitating Quality Spiritual Care -- 5. Relational Spirituality -- 6. Spiritual Care -- 7. Spiritual Sensitivity -- 8. Spiritual Competence -- Works Cited -- Index

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Many hospice social workers must address spiritual issues with their clients, but do not feel competent to do so effectively. This targeted volume draws upon multidisciplinary theory and research to advance a relational model of spiritually sensitive hospice care. The book will help readers elevate their spiritual competence and foster a relationship with their clients that will enrich the experience for all involved.Spirituality and Hospice Social Work helps practitioners understand various forms of spiritual assessment for use with their clients. The book teaches practitioners to recognize a client's spiritual needs and resources, as well as signs of spiritual suffering. It also discusses religious and spiritual practices that clients may use to enhance their spiritual coping. Spirituality and Hospice Social Work stresses the need for interdisciplinary collaboration with other members of the hospice team, along with the value of maintaining professional ethical standards when addressing spiritual issues. Throughout, the importance of spiritual sensitivity and its effect upon client well-being is emphasized.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)