Spiritual Care in Common Terms

How Chaplains Can Effectively Describe the Spiritual Needs of Patients in Medical Records

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Encouraging a broad, compassionate, humanistic approach to spirituality, this book shows how patients' spiritual needs can be communicated well within interdisciplinary teams, leading to better patient wellbeing.This book describes the art of charting patients' spiritual perspectives in an open way that will help physicians and nurses to better direct medical care. It includes practical information on how to distil spiritual needs into pragmatic language, helping to demystify spiritual experience. Drawing on his extensive practical experience, the author also suggests key points to emphasise that will enrich chart notes for medical records, including brief, relative narratives, trusting one's own impressions, reflecting holistically on the patient's life, patient attitudes towards treatment and recovery, and describing families' opinions on the health care situation of their loved one. The book shows healthcare professionals of all disciplines how to engage in a shared responsibility for the spiritual care of their patients.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-12-21
Mått150 x 226 x 18 mm
Vikt419 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagJessica Kingsley Publishers
MedarbetareGunn,JamesH.
ISBN9781785927249

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Foreword by James H. Gunn, ACPE Supervisor, Retired. Preface: Common Language for Charting Spiritual Care. 1. Why Record the Intangible in Health Care Culture. 2. The Theory - A Humanist View of Spirituality: Universal Sources of Patient Stories. 3. The Content - Twenty-Two Spiritual Needs Common among Hospitalized People, and their Goals of Care. 4. The Format - A Shape for an Elegant Chart Note. 5. The Process - Extracting the Relevant. 6. The Outcomes - A Phenomenological Approach. Epilogue: Becoming and Remaining a Spiritual Clinician. Appendix: The Use of Chaplain Chart Notes by Interdisciplinary Team Members at a Leading U.S. Hospital. References. Index.

Humanistic care is the result of a collaborative effort across all the disciplines including clinical chaplains. Gordon Hilsman in his book successfully makes a case and provides a practical framework for chaplains to document the state of the patient's human spirit in the face of uncertainty and adversity in the medical chart. This act of "humanizing" the medical chart creates the climate for spiritual care to complement medical care and therefore promote healing. This book is a must read for every member of the interdisciplinary medical team.