HEALTHCARE AND SPIRITUALITY
2005232 pages Paperback
ISBN-10 1 85775 622 3
ISBN-13 9781857756227
Stephen P Kliewer and John Saultz, Respectively Assistant Professor and Director, Primary Care Development Project, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), Project Director and Organising Director, OHSU Rural Resource Centre, USA; Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine, OHSU, USA
Description
Healthcare and Spirituality is an introductory textbook which emphasises the need to integrate spiritual issues in the process of healthcare. It addresses the distance between patients and healthcare professionals by using a patient-centred, holistic approach known as the ‘biopsychosocial model’ or ‘contextual care’. It provides a framework to improve communication with patients and their families and adopts a systems based approach covering a wide range of caring environments.
Healthcare professionals including doctors, nurses, counsellors, therapists and others in caring professions will find this book invaluable, as will undergraduate healthcare students. It is also useful for religious or spiritual leaders and workers.
‘It is our contention that the future of health care will be built on interdisciplinary teams of professionals that are equipped to address the full range of human suffering and triumph experienced by those in need. It is with this future in mind that we offer this text.’
Stephen P Kliewer and John Saultz
Review Quotes 'Well structured and learner friendly. Particularly useful in stimulating reflective thinking. The concepts and theory described in this book and the framework provided will serve its intended readers well.' FOCUS ON ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINES
'Here at last is a straightforward manual for healthcare practitioners. It should be required reading for all who work in health care and the caring professions, and it could also be a useful study text for those beginning their journey as faith or spiritual healers.' HEALTHCARE COUNSELLING AND PSYCOTHERAPY JOURNAL
'Kliewer and Saultz's clear and accessible writing style make the complex understandable, which results in both an informative and enjoyable read. A carefully considered logical structure, the inclusion of personal examples and reflection points for the reader make this a very user-friendly text. Ideal for healthcare workers, students and teaching staff.' JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY NURSING
'It is refreshing to read a text by a medical doctor that acknowledges the importance of care over cure and integrates spirituality into medical care. Comprehensive, impressive and an important addition,' JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
‘Well presented and easy to read. Important for practicing healthcare professionals, students, and spirituality professionals. Illustrative case vignettes are effectively used. This book will be valuable for students and healthcare professionals working toward comprehensive, patient-centered care that integrates spiritual issues into the care of patients and their families.’ DOODY ENTERPRISES
'An immensely thoughtful study of considerable relevance to a wide range of professionals. While dealing with so much that is difficult to grasp, this book is remarkably practical. It is full of different ways of categorising different kinds of mental experience, and includes a useful taxonomy of the various dimensions of spirituality. It even has 'tool kits' for 'spiritual interventions', and assessment scales for identifying and measuring spirituality. Be richly informative.' MENTAL HEALTH TODAY
 Healing, cure and the whole person Toward a model of integration Exploring spirituality The impact of spirituality The culture of one The objectives of integrating spirituality and medicine First steps, gathering information Spiritual assessment Spiritual interventions
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